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Very generous to compare to Manhattan Project or CERN.
by pagekicker 2y ago
Very generous to compare to Manhattan Project or CERN.
- factormeta 2y ago>Comparing LLMs to the Manhattan Project based on budget alone is stupid and arrogant Just want to clarify. The comparison to Manhattan Project or CERN is referencing "the countless small hands feeding the machine." In projects such as these, roles and jobs are divided into small parts, that people who are working on it don't really see the forest from the tree, and that only a few that has the picture of the whole project.
- fragmede 2y agodon't buy into the hype, but when Facebook has spent around as much on GPUs as the Manhattan project (but not the Apollo program), the comparison kinda makes itself. https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1786213463456448900 https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1786213463456448900 $22 in 2008 -> $33 today https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=22&year1=200801&year2=202404 https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=22&year1=20080...
- ladzoppelin 2y agoI read this last week and its terrifying. If the world lets Facebook become an AI leader its on us as we all know how that story will play out.
- thelittleone 2y agoWe must summon a fellowship of the AI ring with one hobbit capable of withstanding the corrupting allure of it all.
- kreeben 2y agoDon't torment the hobbits! Send the eagles right away!
- nicklecompte 2y agoThe Big Dig (Boston highway overhaul) cost $22bn in 2024 dollars. The Three Gorges dam cost $31bn. These are expensive infrastructure projects (including the infrastructure for data centers). It doesn't say anything about how important they are for society. Comparing LLMs to the Manhattan Project based on budget alone is stupid and arrogant. The comparison only "makes itself" because Ethan Mollick is a childish and unscientific person.