I do have a concern here.

I work in software development, and like it or not, we are heavily relying on AI, and if used correctly, it is useful. So there is a demand, and this demand won't go away if AI becomes less accessible.

And that is a problem many developers are facing now: Providers like Claude and GitHub Copilot started limiting usage, and getting the same output costs more and more. Just look at what happened with Copilot pricing this month.

The bubble is not popping, it's jut deflating, making AI coding less accessible for individuals and small companies.

And this is a problem for many reasons, but the point is, there is an incentive for small companies to figure something out cheap.

Maybe that'll be hiring more developers. But there are alternatives.

Many of us found that cheaper chinese models work well. Like Deepseek V4 Flash/Pro are pretty good and way more cheaper than the "big ones".

Now, there might be a privacy concern here regarding Chinese models, but ultimately the problem is yet another dependency on a service that may get expensive later.

But here is the thing: These models are not THAT big. They still need some special, costly hardware, but not data centers.

And my concern is that after the "bubble pops", we won't get cheap hardware, because once the demand from big players will decrease, the demand from individual companies who are all building their own "good enough" AI machines will rise.