[eximius]

How many trillions of dollars have we spent on these things?

Would we not expect similar levels of progress in other industries given such massive investment?

[throwaway31131]

I’m not sure even $1T has been spent. Pledged != spent.

Some estimates have it at ~$375B by the end of 2025. It makes sense, there are only so many datacenters and engineers out there and a trillion is a lot of money. It’s not like we’re in health care. :)

https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/econo...

[lacoolj]

I wonder how much is spent refining oil and how much that industry has evolved.

Or mass transit.

Or food.

[sib]

Or on "a cure for cancer" (according to Gemini, $2.2T 2024 US dollars...)