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thomasahletoday at 6:49 AM1 replyview on HN

1) That's maybe $180,000 per year, so much less than median OpenAI employee wages.

2) OpenAI doesn't pay API prices.

3) Compute costs are likely already their biggest expense, dwarfing wages.


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jsnelltoday at 10:34 AM

4) There are non-monetary limits on how many qualified people OpenAI can hire for these roles.