Hacker News: xerlaithttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=xerlaitHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:50:38 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by xerlait in "GPT-6 Astra on robot arms"]]>How do you account for it? You simply account for it. Viz. if the cost outweighs the projected benefit, you don't do it.

]]>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 07:52:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584234xerlaithttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584234https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584234<![CDATA[New comment by xerlait in "GPU World"]]>I generally side with your skepticism, but there are verifiable domains with economic value such as drug discovery.

]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:25:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520096xerlaithttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520096<![CDATA[New comment by xerlait in "What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?"]]>Japan has the highest suicide rate of any OECD country.

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