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Re:Ask HN: Can you crowdfund the compute for GPT? by rubyist5eva on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:50AM (#34354265)
> Like mining bitcoin except you are doing something actually useful and getting paid actual money for it

But then how would crypto-scammers run ponzi after ponzi after ponzi if they did that?

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Re:Ask HN: Can you crowdfund the compute for GPT? by throwaway14356 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:54AM (#34355389)
oh? That seems to be the answer. They wont actually have to care what the compute costs if they can print money back stage.
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Re:Ask HN: Can you crowdfund the compute for GPT? by rubyist5eva on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:02PM (#34358717)
Sounds like work, as long as they prove they can prove they did it somehow - perhaps all the other computers that are sharing compute could also verify they did it somehow?
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