Alex Ker 🔭(@thealexker):most people forget there are two vectors to optimize for to reduce model cost: 1) reducing the input/output costs, increasing cache hit rates, batching etc 2) packing more intelligence per token (fewer tokens for same task) inference cost = price per token × tokens per task optimizations around the second is underrated and something we’ll only see more of. compression and concision is intelligence.

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Alex Ker 🔭@thealexker

2026.09.02 02:19

most people forget there are two vectors to optimize for to reduce model cost: 1) reducing the input/output costs, increasing cache hit rates, batching etc 2) packing more intelligence per token (fewer tokens for same task) inference cost = price per token × tokens per task optimizations around the second is underrated and something we’ll only see more of. compression and concision is intelligence.