Big Tech's AI Push Is Costing More Than the Moon Landing

Well… maybe making thinking machines mass produced is actually a more amazing project than the moon landing

Just need to make sure the wealth is spread equally

One of the them is a one shot project and one of them is an infrastructure project being used by billions. It makes a nice headline but not a decent comparison.

On another note I wish there is some break down of where all the spendings goes to. GPU, CPU, RAM, Network, Switch, Cables, Power, Datacenter. The AI ecosystem and business is larger than Smartphone revolution kick started by Apple, but unlike Smartphone or consumer products these Hyperscaler and AI spending right now it is very opaque.

Okay but I can actually use AI, whereas I’ve only seen pictures someone else going to the moon.

Also the US and the Soviet Union raced to get to the moon first, but the whole internet-connected world gets LLMs right now.

The moon landing was cool, but all we got were some neat imagery and some rocks. And we've even managed to lose some of the rocks because they were that special. At least with the AIs, we're getting something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_and_missing_Moon_rocks.