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CryptoBanker | 2 months ago

The state of things...meaning AI companies buying up the world's supply of RAM

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hshdhdhj4444|2 months ago

Yes.

AI companies will continue to buy up all the RAM so you and I have to pay the cost for it.

They will also eat up all the energy so you and I have to pay more for energy.

They will also then try and put you and I out of a job.

And if they fail to do so, they will then get your and my tax dollars to bail them out.

There should be real AI research and technology development, but the way it’s being done right now is heads the AI hyperscalers win, tails, all of us lose.

It’s being run as a massive scam against the rest of us.

seg_lol|2 months ago

We need to figure out how AI can use housing and food to complete resource exhaustion. You forgot to include AI water consumption.

dsego|2 months ago

It's like cancer eating at the body.

cyanydeez|2 months ago

Lets be honest: Most peoples computing needs have been satisfied in the last decade.

FOMO and Number goes up is the primary issue both with AI and most compute today.

There's so many made up numbers these days that does zero productive work, like FPS, refresh rates, 4k, 8k, 16k.

Bloat is everywhere.

embedding-shape|2 months ago

I think maybe long-term the effect of Korean companies no longer daring to reuse old machines to produce DDR4 because of US retribution is the bigger cause of that.

wtallis|2 months ago

Repeating this weird claim won't make it true. DDR4 isn't going to come back into fashion, even during a DRAM shortage. Demand for DDR4 can't increase meaningfully when no current-generation processors can use it, and older-generation processors aren't seeing any increase in production or sales. DDR4 is not a substitute good for the RAM that's in short supply.