[minimaxir]

One very important distinction between image models is the implementation: 4o is autogressive, slow, and extremely expensive.

Although the Ghibli trend is market validation, I suspect that competitors may not want to copy it just yet.

[JamesBarney]

Extremely expensive in what since? In that it costs $.03 instead of $.00003c? Yeah it's relatively far more expensive than other solutions, but from an absolute standpoint still very cheap for the vast majority of use cases. And it's a LOT better.

[svachalek]

Dall-E is already 4-8 cents per image. Afaik this is not in the API yet but I wouldn't be surprised if it's $1 or more.

[echelon]

> 4o is autogressive, slow, and extremely expensive.

If you factor in the amount of time wasted with prompting and inpainting, it's extremely well worth it.