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So they can charge more per token and decrease the pressure on their infra.


Even if you specifically train the model on producing shorter answers, I would think producing good short answers would require more resources just as it does for humans (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/: “If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter Letter”)

If so, charging per output token is the wrong incentive.


What billing system would you suggest?




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