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Even that is a stretch. How are they actually discerning intention/causation? Didn't we have way more layoffs last year? AI chase hardware is rolling out. S

by jayd16 1y ago

Even that is a stretch. How are they actually discerning intention/causation? Didn't we have way more layoffs last year? AI chase hardware is rolling out. Seems like a lot of factors could be involved.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
Despite what both Apple and Microsoft are saying, no one is buying personal computers to run AI on.
- trvz 1y ago
  There’s a sizeable community interested in running local models.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    I think outside of a very niche bubble - not. Look at the average selling price of computers. It doesn’t jibe with people buying high end computers to run local models. From everything I am seeing it’s still less than $1000
- jayd16 1y ago
  Sure, but executives can be swayed by a shiny new sticker on the box.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    Executives since the dawn of buying computers for companies only care about buying the cheapest computers with reasonable support contracts.
    - reaperducer 1y ago
      Executives since the dawn of buying computers for companies only care about buying the cheapest computers with reasonable support contracts. If that was true, the various computer companies wouldn't spend billions on advertising to C-suite types, and fleets of salespeople to woo them. Executives since the dawn of buying computers Clearly you weren't there, or you'd know executives paid extra for the IBM brand because "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."
      - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        I am not saying the company is going to buy a big sales contract from Acer. But they aren’t trying to outfit their secretaries with top of the line computers. They are going to go to Dell and buy the cheapest thing that will meet their needs - barely.
        pjmlp 1y ago
        I have had given laptops with regular HDD for consulting work back in 2018, when SSD were already mainstream, because the company in question was using refurbished hardware for contractors. Ah, they also only had 8 GB, dual cores.

by jayd16 1y ago

raw_anon_1111 1y ago

Despite what both Apple and Microsoft are saying, no one is buying personal computers to run AI on.

trvz 1y ago
There’s a sizeable community interested in running local models.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  I think outside of a very niche bubble - not. Look at the average selling price of computers. It doesn’t jibe with people buying high end computers to run local models. From everything I am seeing it’s still less than $1000
jayd16 1y ago
Sure, but executives can be swayed by a shiny new sticker on the box.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  Executives since the dawn of buying computers for companies only care about buying the cheapest computers with reasonable support contracts.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    Executives since the dawn of buying computers for companies only care about buying the cheapest computers with reasonable support contracts. If that was true, the various computer companies wouldn't spend billions on advertising to C-suite types, and fleets of salespeople to woo them. Executives since the dawn of buying computers Clearly you weren't there, or you'd know executives paid extra for the IBM brand because "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."
    - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
      I am not saying the company is going to buy a big sales contract from Acer. But they aren’t trying to outfit their secretaries with top of the line computers. They are going to go to Dell and buy the cheapest thing that will meet their needs - barely.
      - pjmlp 1y ago
        I have had given laptops with regular HDD for consulting work back in 2018, when SSD were already mainstream, because the company in question was using refurbished hardware for contractors. Ah, they also only had 8 GB, dual cores.