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bigbugbagtoday at 11:31 AM1 replyview on HN

they are and they will be, then they won't after the market crashes, the bubble bursts and the companies bankrupts. possibly taking down major portion of the global economy with them.


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skeledrewtoday at 1:46 PM

> they are and they will be

Calculate the approximate cost of raising a human from birth to having the knowledge and skills to do X, along with maintenance required to continue doing X. Multiply by a reasonable scaling factor in comparison to one of today's best LLMs (ie how many humans and how much time to do Xn, vs the LLM).

Calculate the cost of hardware (from raw elements), training and maintenance for said LLM (if you want to include the cost of research+software then you'll have to also include the costs of raising those who taught, mentored, etc the human as well). Consider that the human usually specializes, while the LLM touches everything. I think you'll find even a roughly approximate answer very enlightening if you're honest in your calculations.

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