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Or you could argue you can now do 45x greater things with the same hardware. You can take an optimistic stance on this.
by pokstad 2y ago
Or you could argue you can now do 45x greater things with the same hardware. You can take an optimistic stance on this.
- c0redump 2y agoExcept it’s not clear at all that this is actually the case. It’s entirely conjecture on your part.
- cortesoft 2y agoFor the overall economy, sure... for Nvidia, no A huge increase in fuel efficiency is great for the economy, horrible for fuel companies
- devit 2y agoThat depends on how whether the demand increase multiplier due to the lower cost per result is lower or higher that the efficiency increase multiplier. It can be either in general.
- marcosdumay 2y agoMost of the time, a large increase in fuel efficiency is great for fuel companies, and a huge increase means a temporary bump before an even greater future.
- mullingitover 2y agoNvidia isn't the fuel company. They're the auto manufacturer.
- axus 2y agoMaybe they are the gas station
- asdff 2y agoBecause most people's trips are the commute and they haven't been given more time and money to go and road trip more. That isn't analogous to computing though. People do the same things broadly they've always had with computing, but we've figured out how to create a system where your computer today running microsoft word is 100x as powerful as your computer in 1995 also running microsoft word and you feel the need to upgrade your hardware every couple of years so you can continue running microsoft word. It is the perfect model for exponentially dumping raw compute power into the void to perpetuate value creation. It will not stop in our lifetimes I expect. In 25 years our computers will be 100x more powerful still and we will still have MS word.