Is the current level of AI funding and investment rational or irrational? Is it possible that it’s both at the same time? Let’s look at some numbers and the thought process behind them.
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DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF AI?
- How much is one model better than another (e.g. Gemini vs. CoPilot)?
- How much improvement should a software developer get?
- How much improvement should a knowledge worker get?
- How much cost savings should a chatbot provide?
- How long should it take to make a model understand a company’s data?
- How many workers can a company displace with AI?
- OpenAI in 2030 - 26 gigawatts could power between 3.7 million to 17.3 million modern GPU servers
- OpenAI in 2035 - 50 gigawatts could power between 37 million to 173 million modern GPU servers
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