> What I'm getting at is, if we do have to get used to memory being more expensive, that might become very disruptive because software developers will have to do a major about-face on how they've been writing software in the post-AI era.

I'm guessing you meant to say "pre-AI era."

But don't kid yourself. What that means is right before they prompt "and don't make mistakes," they'll prompt "use less memory."