OpenAI Spent $15M in Tokens to Win a $1M Prize
EigenGender · x · 2026-09-09
A viral quip on the economics of OpenAI's Navier-Stokes solution: reportedly $15M in tokens spent for a problem with a $1M prize. "Standard AI economics here" — poking fun at frontier research's brutal cost-to-reward ratio.
Related event: OpenAI's Costly Navier-Stokes Run Sparks Scooping and Brute-Force Debate(26 posts)→
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