Counting salaries and hidden problems, AI math race may cost billions, not millions
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-09-13
Responding to a "$10 million" estimate, tak3sh8 argues billions is plausible for an AI math effort: mathematician salaries plus countless undisclosed problems, and the race has only begun. He adds researchers don't oppose individual LLM use, just frontier labs' concentrated efforts done for marketing.
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