I agree that the resources matter. But I expect the resources-output curve to be so different from humans that even the AIs that spend a lot of resources will turn out to be useful in some critical things, probably the kind where we need many humans to cooperate.
But this is all just guessing on my end.
Also, I am not an expert, but it seems to me that in general, training the AI is expensive, using the AI is not. So if it already has the capability, it is likely to be relatively cheap.
I agree that the resources matter. But I expect the resources-output curve to be so different from humans that even the AIs that spend a lot of resources will turn out to be useful in some critical things, probably the kind where we need many humans to cooperate.
But this is all just guessing on my end.
Also, I am not an expert, but it seems to me that in general, training the AI is expensive, using the AI is not. So if it already has the capability, it is likely to be relatively cheap.