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Estimates range from about 1 T$ [0] to 4 T$ [1] or 5 T$ [2].

[0] https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Human-and-mate...

[1] https://moneywise.com/life/lifestyle/financial-facts-about-w...

[2] https://www.whatitcosts.com/world-war-ii-cost-united-states-...

That involved massive movement of people, weapons, and vehicles, let alone factories and resources.

Chip making is expensive, but what do you do with 7T? Buy out every engineer on the planet with half of it, and have them work on problems? Does Altman think he’s Oppenheimer?!

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