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Bernie Sanders: “That is equivalent to what we spent on the entire Manhattan…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 06:12

Over the course of this year, four major AI companies are are expected to spend almost $700 billion building data centers and tens of billions more on research and development. That is equivalent to what we spent on the entire Manhattan Project, which built the atom bomb during World War II. Every three weeks. That's the magnitude of what these guys are spending. We are already starting to see AI's impact. (06:12–06:27)

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Asserts that the spending by AI companies is equivalent to the Manhattan Project's cost every three weeks.

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