AI-driven scientific discoveries cost $10M+ compute on Navier-Stokes, $100M+ overall
kimmonismus · x · 2026-10-30
Disclosed figures show AI-driven scientific discovery is expensive: the Navier-Stokes result alone consumed over $10 million in compute, with other discoveries — including much unpublished work — totaling more than $100 million.
kimmonismus notes this is less than he expected, hinting AI-for-science may be more economical than assumed.
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