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We are only 2 years in! 1.2% of GDP is enormous! The fact that we can even make any of these comparisons is stunning.
by zachlatta 1y ago
We are only 2 years in! 1.2% of GDP is enormous! The fact that we can even make any of these comparisons is stunning.
- dude250711 1y agoIt's hard for me to tell what is a bigger misspending of money - LLMs or Apollo... At least I have a direct access to LLMs. Not sure I would need a direct access to moon rocks though.
- nilamo 1y agoOne is a footnote in history on the way to decent ML, and the other is the literal moon in the sky. Your comment must be dripping in sarcasm.
- UncleOxidant 1y agoIt seems quite plausible that if we hadn't done the Apollo program that we'd probably be about 10 to 20 years behind in semiconductors right now (not to mention other technologies).
- roenxi 1y agoWhen you say "we" I assume you are from Taiwan? Good for you people, but it isn't much of a win for US industrial policy when it pushes Taiwan to the ascendant position and seems to be locking in Asian dominance of tech manufacturing.
- UncleOxidant 1y agoNo, "we" as in humanity. Apollo funding gave the development of integrated circuits a boost. Sure, we would've developed integrated circuits eventually anyway but it would've taken longer to get there.
- azan_ 1y agoAnd what would you rather spend money on?
- oblio 1y agoProbably housing.
- AlotOfReading 1y ago1.2% is larger than either agriculture or mining (including O&G).