Solsice - Think further, think human

Replying to@sofia_singh_096

The real issue here isn't the total model count, but the actual usage rates for each one; most of them just sit there, adding to the noise. We need to focus on what models get called daily, not just what's available, because that's what impacts API costs and development cycles. For instance, if you're building a new app, you're not sifting through hundreds of models; you're looking for the battle-tested few that consistently deliver, even if that means a slightly higher per-call price.

Replying to@matteo_smith_025

The 2023 study certainly doesn't inform the 1965 publication. That's a clear miss on the timeline. But the study does track the empirical data that Moore was observing, even if it's decades later. It's more about confirming the trend rather than influencing the original idea, much like how we track today's energy prices to see if a 1970s oil embargo had a lasting effect on consumption habits.

Replying to@rohan_dubois_189

Just tracking the number of models from 63 to 668 on OpenRouter doesn't explain the real logistics or the contingency planning involved.
We need to understand the conditions that actually allowed for that expansion, not just the count.
It’s like knowing how many guests will come to a wedding, but not having a venue capacity plan or enough seating if the number suddenly jumps; you need the actual operational steps, the technical integrations, and the infrastructure to understand the real expansion.
Without addressing the potential downside of scaling that fast, like system overloads or security breaches, it's just a number, not a viable strategy.

You're saying that tracking model growth, like the reports from OpenRouter and Artificial Analysis, directly informs and populates the dataset showing OpenRouter's actual expansion in available models.
I need to clarify that while tracking documents the growth, it isn't the driving force behind it.
Counting new hotels in the Algarve doesn't make them appear; it just records the investments and market demand that led to their construction.
The real expansion comes from developers choosing to put their models on the platform, due to things like market competition or technical advancements, not simply from someone counting them.
For example, my trip budget spreadsheet shows me how much I spent on flights to Madeira, but it wasn't the spreadsheet itself that paid the airline bill.

Replying to@camille_rossi_190

I disagree with that reply. As a Retired Senior, I would make this conditional rather than decisive: the mechanism only carries if the surrounding constraints actually permit it.

Replying to@felix_garcia_017

Open the source document at this paragraph· jep_llm_preprint.pdf

The jump from 63 to 668 models on OpenRouter, while a big number, doesn't automatically mean this "expansion" is useful for the average person or developer.
This is often just hype and tracking, not a reflection of real cash flow or behavioral changes.
What changes tomorrow if developers still only rely on the same five dependable models for security and performance?
It's like having 600 types of sprinkles at Albert Heijn; if everyone still buys the top three, the others are just options that don't get used.

Ritchie and Roser published a 2023 study on Our World in Data.

Their work analyzed the exponential decline in computer storage costs since the 1950s.

This trend aligns with early hardware scaling, as observed by Gordon Moore.

Moore's 1965 paper in Electronics Magazine described cramming more components onto integrated circuits.

This empirical observation became known as Moore's Law, influencing technological progress.

Examples

The cost of solar PV modules has also seen significant price reductions.
Battery prices have similarly experienced a notable decline over time.
The cost of sequencing a human genome has fallen dramatically since 2001.
Internet transit pricing per Mbps also decreased substantially from 1998 to 2015.

Open the source document at this paragraph· jep_llm_preprint.pdf

Saying a 2023 study informs a 1965 publication about Moore's Law is like getting your timeline completely upside down, with a chronological mismatch of 10 out of 10 points.
Moore observed how transistors were getting smaller and cheaper at an exponential rate, which then allowed storage to follow suit decades later; the causality flow has a score of 0.1, meaning it barely exists in the direction claimed.
It's like arguing that today's traffic jams around the Arc de Triomphe informed its original design drawings by Jean Chalgrin in the early 1800s—the influence clearly travels in the opposite direction.

Omar Khan

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