What did the Manhattan Project and Apollo 'lose'? The money never mattered — go all the way
arknightstranslate · reddit · 2026-09-29
Framing frontier AI spend against the Manhattan Project and Apollo Program, the poster argues that in hindsight the money never mattered — the only move is to go all the way.
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