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Comment by cadamsdotcom

7 months ago

10% is an enormous amount. Let’s say 1%.

Even if it’s 1% at the scale you’re talking that’s 1B to the company. So still worth it.

Wild.

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diamond559  7 months ago

Yeah but then you factor in the costs of building and running the machines vs the revenue and realize they are actually burning money for the blind hope of major breakthroughs in cognitive understanding that could be centuries away.

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