European Intern Optimizes Code to Save GPUs; American Boss Says Just Use More
alec_helbling · x · 2026-11-08
A funny AI-culture anecdote: the author's European intern was optimizing his code to use fewer GPUs to save energy, and was told "this is America bro, just use more GPUs." The follow-up tweet: the author then took the vegan intern to LongHorn Steakhouse and got him a 12 oz ribeye — a self-deprecating joke about America's unlimited-compute culture.
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