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Re:Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI by mark_l_watson on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:29AM (#40366667)
You are right about funding levels, even taking inflation into account. Some of the infrastructure, like Connection Machines and Butterfly Machines seemed really expensive at the time though.
Re:Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI by trashtester on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:54AM (#40366991)
They only seem expensive because they're not expected to generate a lot of value (or military/strategic benefit).

Compare that the 6+ trillions that were spent in the US alone on nuclear weapons, and then consider, what is of greater strategic importance: ASI or nukes?