Sometimes I wonder if innovation in the AI space has stalled and recent progress is just a product of increased compute. Competence is increasing exponentially[1] but I guess it doesn't rule it out completely. I would postulate that a radical architecture shift is needed for the singularity though

[1]https://arxiv.org/html/2503.14499v1 *Source is from March 2025 so make of it what you will.

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nomel 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> that devs get really reliant and even addicted on coding agents

An alternative perspective is, devs highly value coding agents, and are willing to pay more because they're so useful. In other words, the market value of this limited resource is being adjusted to be closer to reality.

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killingtime74 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not limited though there are alternative providers even now, much less when the price goes up. Chinese providers, European ones, local models.

	▲	nomel 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> It's not limited though Inference is not free, so all providers have a financial limit, and all providers have limited GPU/memory, so there's a physical material limit. I suggest looking at the profits of these companies (while they scramble to stay competitive).