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by sciencejerk 71 days ago
Large scale AI datacenters require a very expensive physical supply chain that includes cheap land, water, and electricity, political leverage, human architects and builders to build datacenters, and massive capital investments. Yes, AI will outperform humans, but at some point it may become cheaper to hire a human programmer.
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Wait till you hear about the resources required to sustain an equivalent number of humans.