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OpenAI could lose $5 billion in 2024 (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

you almost always get better efficiency at scale. If the same work is done by lots of different machines instead of one datacenter, they'd be using more energy overall. You'd be doing the same work, but not on chips specifically designed for the task. If it's already really inefficient at scale, then you're just sol.