> But if you take into account all the training costs
Not everyone has to paid that cost, as some companies are releasing weights for download and local use (like Llama) and then some other companies are going even further and releasing open source models+weights (like OLMo). If you're a provider hosting those, I don't think it makes sense to take the training cost into account when planning your own infrastructure.
Although I don't it makes much sense personally, seemingly it makes sense for other companies.
Not everyone has to paid that cost, as some companies are releasing weights for download and local use (like Llama) and then some other companies are going even further and releasing open source models+weights (like OLMo). If you're a provider hosting those, I don't think it makes sense to take the training cost into account when planning your own infrastructure.
Although I don't it makes much sense personally, seemingly it makes sense for other companies.