When every ablation run costs $1M: frontier training cost reality check
ricklamers · x · 2026-10-18
Gordic Aleksa quips that "it hits different when every ablation you run costs $1M," with Rick Lamers sharing the pain. A one-line joke that captures a real pain point of frontier-scale training: ablations, a research staple, become a luxury at billion-dollar training budgets.
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