A chart re: LLMs that makes me anxious

Came across this post and wanted to share. Spooky season when you think about the impact it will have, starting w/ Developing Countries.

Hourly Cost of LLMs

Hourly Wages Across Various Countries

Workers in Europe and Japan are already more expensive than the more expensive models, at $12+ per hour. India, Brazil, Mexico etc. are more expensive than most of the average models.

Once a language model’s run-time cost drops below the local minimum wage, the “offshoring” advantage disappears. AI becomes the cheapest employee in every country at once. Countries whose economies depend on being the “cheaper alternative” for labor-intensive work face potential economic disruption.

• S. Anand

https://www.s-anand.net/blog/wage-rates-of-nations-and-llms/