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A comment on Sora, AI Bicycles, and Meta Disruption. Parent comment

Re:Sora, AI Bicycles, and Meta Disruption by mensetmanusman on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:13PM (#45522763)
I wonder if someone can figure out how to leverage 100,000,000 volunteers donating a dollar of compute electricity to train these models.
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Re:Sora, AI Bicycles, and Meta Disruption by rogerrogerr on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:33PM (#45522900)
Doesn’t that simplify down to just donating a dollar?
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Re:Sora, AI Bicycles, and Meta Disruption by yazaddaruvala on Thursday October 09, 2025 @04:03AM (#45524863)
It does not. The $1 of electricity can be simplified to just a $1

However, the way the parent worded it ie $1 of compute electricity - requires the compute to exist and temporarily be loaned. Otherwise “just a $1” would require a massive capex to buy/build compute.

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