ECO.10:5.2 - An AI task becomes cheaper

A firm reduces the cost per accepted analysis and considers using the saving for more analyses. Token count is not the useful-result unit if acceptance, human revision or result quality also changes. The firm compares cost and resource use per accepted result, possible volume and the receiving work’s value.

A fixed budget can increase the number of useful analyses without lowering expenditure. Electricity or hardware use may move differently from expenditure. Calling every such change “Jevons” would hide the actual consequence the decision needs.