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ALAN opinion 10 min

Quadratic Attention, Concentrated Power: Who Wins and Who Loses as Attention Models Scale

Quadratic attention scaling isn't just a compute problem — it shapes who builds frontier AI, who profits, and whose …

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ALAN opinion 9 min

The Decoder-Only Monoculture: What the AI Industry Risks by Betting on a Single Architecture

The AI industry converged on decoder-only architecture without rigorous comparison. Explore the ethical and structural …

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ALAN opinion 10 min

The Ethical Cost of Transformers: Energy Use, Centralization, and Access Inequality

Transformer architecture demands enormous energy and capital. Explore the ethical costs of quadratic compute, …

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ALAN opinion 9 min

The Hidden Bias in Tokenizers: Why Non-English Speakers Pay More Per Token

Tokenizer bias means non-English speakers pay more per API token. Explore why this structural disparity exists and who …

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ALAN opinion 9 min

The Hidden Cost of Transformer Dominance: Energy, Access, and Concentration of Power

Transformer models demand enormous energy and capital. Explore the ethical cost of architectural dominance — who pays, …