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They already owned the video cards. Might as Well
by kalium-xyz 3y ago
They already owned the video cards. Might as Well
- HPsquared 3y agoNvidia seems to be doing pretty well, at least.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWe always thought dangerous AIs will be funded by the military, or out of internal R&D budgets of evil multinational megacorps-that-do-everything. Turns out instead it's all been funded by grifters and scammers, both large and small. Literally. It's not DARPA or some Umbrella Corporation, but the advertising companies that did all the AI R&D, while shitcoiners spent a decade unintentionally funding the hardware AI needs. Strange reality we live in.
- yowlingcat 3y agoIf you told me a decade ago that this is where we would land, I would tell you to at least make the lie a bit more believable. And yet here we are! Strange times indeed.
- ElevenLathe 3y agoAgreed, it feels very Stross-ian.
- classified 3y agoSelling shovels makes you the most money in a gold rush.
- cbm-vic-20 3y agoI've never seen the historic mansions of shovel sellers. I've seen many of railroad owners.
- muzani 3y agoWell, check out the insane profits (not just revenue) NVIDIA has made this year. That profit margin can fit quite a few mansions as well as the biggest AI companies. People are joking about the crypto bros funding it, but the leap in profit suggests it's not crypto fueled at all.
- kridsdale3 3y agoA railroad is on the continuum that has shovels in it. The job is to get ore from the mine in to a processor. 1. Use you hands 2. Use a pick or shovel in to a bucket and carry it 3. Use a wheelbarrow 4. Use a mine cart 5. Put a steam engine on your minecart