3 ms·
> Also, I'm not a fan of cryptocurrencies, but they are one of the few industries left in the US that incentivizes NAND-to-Tetris level knowledge, And what doe
by palmotea 1y ago
> Also, I'm not a fan of cryptocurrencies, but they are one of the few industries left in the US that incentivizes NAND-to-Tetris level knowledge,
And what does it do with that knowledge?
> and it did help subsidize the GPU buildout that made foundational models easier to train cost effectively.
Crypto and AI both use GPUs, but I'm not under the impression that AI people repurposed old crypto mines for anything (e.g. crypto mines used janky racks of consumer GPUs, AI typically uses specialized high-end equipment).
- alephnerd 1y ago> And what does it do with that knowledge? Notice how I talked about HPC, distributed systems, and cybersecurity in my comment? > I'm not under the impression that AI people repurposed old crypto mines for anything The crypto boom helped incentivize the scaling out of GPU design and fabrication, just like how video games helped with the first iteration in the 2000s. There's a reason the concept of "dual use technology" has gained currency