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A LessWrong post compares the time US workers spend learning their jobs to the cost of training AI systems to do the same work.

Why it matters: It frames the cost of training an AI on a job as distinct from the cost of running it.

Written by AI from LessWrong's published text.

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“The US has about 150 million workers. How long did it take them to learn to do what they do? I'm interested in this because of the analogous question for AI. Running an AI on a job and training it to do the job are different costs.”
LessWrong, 02 Oct 2026, 15:14.

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