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It's hyperbole and mocking AWS. The tweet chain starts at https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1173367909369802752 (rolled up https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1173367909369802752.html though sometimes the replies to the posts are amusing too) and should be taken with sufficient salt to concern a doctor.

Though, I wouldn't be surprised that if overall, people have spent more time on compute than have made from the models. There are companies that treat data science properly and are doing it well - but in the previous financial era people were inclined to throw money at things without clear criteria for success.