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points by xattt 3 days ago | 0 comments

Not really unfair, as the basic use case is still the same for either model.

A toilet from a hundred years ago in the same product tier serves the same function as one today. Old models were also more expensive when adjusted for inflation, but today's toilets can tackle more turds with less water.

[–] qlte 3 days ago

The alternative approach leads to those "costs have dropped by 7 orders of magnitude in the last 50 years" style of deceptive graphs popular among people with an agenda to insist AI memory price inflation isn't a real problem.

[–] mahboi 2 days ago

The CPI component for IT does also get adjusted based on quality, but it's not linear. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1WYYo Hm, would you say computers are similar in cost:utility as late 2022? I think that's fair if you aren't looking specifically at GPUs.