OpenAI's 88-hour Navier–Stokes run cost equals hiring 600 postdocs for a year, physicist says
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-12
Physicist Lucien Heurtier calculates that what OpenAI's Navier–Stokes effort cost in 88 hours could have hired 600 postdocs for a year — hundreds of scientists tackling hundreds of problems, likely yielding far more discoveries, innovation, and technology.
His argument: developing AI is great, but not at the cost of defunding science. The reposter mocks the academic framing with a satirical verse.
Related event: Physicist: OpenAI's 88-Hour Solve Could Fund 600 Postdocs for a Year(2 posts)→
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