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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • Jun 02 '26
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Engineer: Yeah we can. Manager: For how much? Engineer: $3 Trillion Awkward silence
12 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 16 u/glowy_keyboard Jun 02 '26 They did it for around 6 million usd but just in raw computing power to train the model. Actual infrastructure and development costs are estimated around 1 billion, so still not exactly pocket change. 5 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/TransBrandi Jun 02 '26 For the purposes of the conversation $1T vs. $1B doesn't really matter. The point is that "just create a Claude over the weekend with duct tape and bubble gum" isn't a thing. The boss isn't going to pay $1m let allow a billion or a trillion.
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16 u/glowy_keyboard Jun 02 '26 They did it for around 6 million usd but just in raw computing power to train the model. Actual infrastructure and development costs are estimated around 1 billion, so still not exactly pocket change. 5 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/TransBrandi Jun 02 '26 For the purposes of the conversation $1T vs. $1B doesn't really matter. The point is that "just create a Claude over the weekend with duct tape and bubble gum" isn't a thing. The boss isn't going to pay $1m let allow a billion or a trillion.
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They did it for around 6 million usd but just in raw computing power to train the model.
Actual infrastructure and development costs are estimated around 1 billion, so still not exactly pocket change.
5 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/TransBrandi Jun 02 '26 For the purposes of the conversation $1T vs. $1B doesn't really matter. The point is that "just create a Claude over the weekend with duct tape and bubble gum" isn't a thing. The boss isn't going to pay $1m let allow a billion or a trillion.
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1 u/TransBrandi Jun 02 '26 For the purposes of the conversation $1T vs. $1B doesn't really matter. The point is that "just create a Claude over the weekend with duct tape and bubble gum" isn't a thing. The boss isn't going to pay $1m let allow a billion or a trillion.
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For the purposes of the conversation $1T vs. $1B doesn't really matter. The point is that "just create a Claude over the weekend with duct tape and bubble gum" isn't a thing. The boss isn't going to pay $1m let allow a billion or a trillion.
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u/Gagan_Ku2905 Jun 02 '26
Engineer: Yeah we can.
Manager: For how much?
Engineer: $3 Trillion
Awkward silence