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Brian Maucere

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
14113 total appearances

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The Daily AI Show
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You have no point of reference outside the window.

The Daily AI Show
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So it's like, I don't know, am I going 500 miles an hour?

The Daily AI Show
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Well, $30 billion starts to become, to your point, Beth, like it's too big to kind of comprehend.

The Daily AI Show
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So if that was somebody's annual salary,

The Daily AI Show
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and they were working 40 hours a week, that person would be making 14 and a half million dollars an hour.

The Daily AI Show
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code

So I think when we talk about these numbers, we're getting so used to throwing out the billion word.

The Daily AI Show
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code

But billion is a lot.

The Daily AI Show
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Billion is a weekly salary of $576 million.

The Daily AI Show
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code

There are companies that will be funded, successful, reach exit strategy on a fraction of that money.

The Daily AI Show
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code

And they'll do it with two or three people in the door.

The Daily AI Show
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You know, I mean, with AIs.

The Daily AI Show
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So anyway, these numbers are getting astronomical and they're hard to keep wrapping our heads around.

The Daily AI Show
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But sometimes I just think you got to break this down to something that makes sense.

The Daily AI Show
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code

Right.

The Daily AI Show
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And if that was your salary, you'd be making 14 and a half million dollars now.

The Daily AI Show
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Maybe that's what Elon Musk makes.

The Daily AI Show
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I'm not sure.

The Daily AI Show
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But and probably rightfully so.

The Daily AI Show
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Guys trying to put data centers in space.

The Daily AI Show
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So, all right, you guys good to wrap it up?