Naveen Rao: animals do real-time motor control on milliwatts, tokens aren't comparable to thought
NaveenGRao · x · 2026-10-12
Continuing the 5 J vs 1000 J per token debate over a hypothetical 10T MoE, Naveen Rao adds that animals perform real-time motor control on milliwatts, so token counts are not really comparable to human thought in terms of quality.
Related event: Midjourney Founder Estimates AI and Brain Thinking Energy on Par(3 posts)→
More from Models
- GLM 5.5 reportedly lands in October, 10x cheaper than closed-source rivals — bindureddy · 2026-10-12
- Security researcher calls Anthropic's Cyber Verification 'absolutely useless' — matthew_d_green · 2026-10-12
- Grok Bot's usage limits look far more generous: heavy user still has 35% left with 3 days to reset — XFreeze · 2026-10-12
- Dev hopes next GPT matches Opus 5.5 on taste and clarity, not raw coding — jiayuan_jy · 2026-10-12
- Power user burns 86% of Codex weekly quota in 25 hours, complains resets can't keep up — AlchainHust · 2026-10-12
- Unverified report: consumer Kimi jailbroken, allegedly makes unrestricted mode persistent — lethendworld · 2026-10-12