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by dustingetz 55 days ago
Human dev labor cost is still the high pole in the tent, even multiplying today's subsidized subscription cost by 10x. If the capability improvement trajectory continues, developers should prepare for a new economy where more productivity is achieved by fewer devs by shifting substantial labor budget to AI.
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I'm getting a lot more done by handing off the code writing parts of my tasks to many agents running simultaneously. But my attention still has its limits.
Your employer doesn’t pay the subscription cost, they pay per token. So it’s already way more than 10x the cost.
Depends on the type of subscription. We have Codex Team and have a monthly subscription, no per-token costs.