The first is that they didn’t actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar.
The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous.
Couple different layers of joke, actually.
The first is that they didn’t actually misread $12B as $128, but saying so is a cheeky reference to how B and 8 look similar.
The second is sort of an attempt at absurdist humor. Obviously $128 is not going to get you very far towards building a physical AI engineer, and that question violates our rational expectations in a way that some find humorous.