Gene built his own AI-usage tracker this week and used it to make a pitch: local AI hardware that can keep pace with cloud models starts around $8,000, while a basic $20-a-month cloud plan covers the vast majority of real-world use. By his own back-of-envelope math — comparing the API token rate to what a capped plan actually hands you — he figures a $20 plan delivers roughly $2,500 worth of token usage if maxed out in a month. That’s Gene’s personal calculation from the show, not a published Anthropic figure, so treat the multiplier as an estimate, not gospel.
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