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		VladVladikoff 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C ... >$20,000 of tokens. >less efficient than existing compilers what is the ecological cost of producing this piece of software that nobody will ever use?

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ryanjshaw 12 days ago | [–]

If you evaluate the cost/benefit in isolation? It’s net negative.

If you see this as part of a bigger picture to improve human industrial efficiency and bring us one step closer to the singularity? Most likely net positive.

thefounder 12 days ago | [–]

With that way of thinking you would just move in a cave.

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