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Cheap Compute, and the Tools We Build Ourselves
SF:// 2026-05-21
글 Yeongyang AI Association
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2026-05-21 · ED. 008
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Cheap Compute, and Small Fields Building Their Own Tools
Google I/O 2026 — AI Ultra cut $250→$100, the 24/7 autonomous agent Gemini Spark. As the compute barrier collapses, small non-metro fields hold, for the first time, the power to design tools fitted to their own real-world problems.
Gemini Spark — a 24/7 autonomous agent
An agent that keeps executing instructions, managing email and spreadsheets in a cloud VM even after the app is closed. Begins as a US-only beta.
AI Ultra cut $250→$100 — Gemini 3.5 Flash + 20TB
A new $100/mo AI Ultra tier far below the prior top plan, putting top-tier model reasoning and vast storage within reach of any local operation.
Google I/O 2026 — 100 announcements · 32Q tokens/mo
900M monthly Gemini users, a 7× jump to 32 quadrillion tokens/month, 8.5M developers — intelligence compute now as foundational as electricity or water.
우리
우리가 보낸 글The Good-Enough Age, and Why Discernment Becomes the New Weapon
On the last capability left to humans in an age where agents do the work — the judgment that decides what to make and what to keep.
Am I Really Accepting It
On the distance between knowing a change and accepting it.
Disconnection Is an Asset
Why, in an age where connection is the default, the ability to cut off becomes a scarce resource.
마을
교신·단파Exchange — What's the first thing you'd automate in your own field?
Instead of waiting for a finished assistant: if you built a tool fitted to your own field — farm, shop, pharmacy, workshop — what would you lift off your shoulders first? Every signal gets a reply within 7 days.
An Age of Technology — Why Still by Hand?
Even in an age where everything is automated, some work stays in our hands. Starting from a small field, it asks again about the places technology has not reached. (Korean narration)