Dev jokes about accidentally burning a trillion dollars in compute discovered only at billing time
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-05
Developer ctjlewis jokes that "everyone has a moment where they accidentally blow a trillion dollars on compute and don't find out until the bill shows up," wondering what task could have been so important. In a follow-up reply he says he hopes something useful came out of it, though it seems unlikely, adding that the AI involved is usually well behaved. A lighthearted AI-circle anecdote with no further substantive details.
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