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Isn't that what what George Hotz is doing over at tiny? https://tinycorp.myshopify.com/

Yes, but for inference. 45k is so far out of the budget of a professional unless you earn ridiculous money and have no dependents.

A professional AI engineer? Earning hundreds of thoundands of dollars a year?

Who lives on one of the coasts where that job likely requires them to be, where rent is $3-5k and mortgages within spitting distance of that, sure.