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What does it matter? All supply is supply, despite what certain folks seem to believe.
by Grimburger 7d ago
What does it matter?
All supply is supply, despite what certain folks seem to believe.
- the_other 7d agoIt matters so that average people have a chance to own their means of production, and that the current hardware-grab by entrenched capital doesn't get to charge such high rent.
- chapz 7d agoFrontier AI labs are customers just like the average Joe down the street. The only difference is who can bid more. Average Joe probably doesn't have millions or wont buy millions of chips. There are no privileged consumers that have "dedicated" amount of production, no matter the demand.
- franga2000 7d agoWhat point are you making by saying "they're just like the average Joe" followed immediately by saying they have so much more money that they can outbid the average Joe at any price point. If someone can dump 100x the money to get something I want, they're not "just like me".
- sysguest 7d agoyeah this if I'm ordering 1 RAM and demanding some special customization, even mom-and-pop stores will just ignore me but if I'm buying 100000000000 RAM, things change
- mitxela 7d agoYou won't ever own it as long as it comes from a company the size of Samsung.
- MatekCopatek 7d agoI mean... You can buy a stick of RAM with Samsung chips on it and use it in your own machine to run a local model vs. paying for an Anthropic subscription. I assume that's what they're referring to, not owning Samsung stock.
- lazide 7d agoYour average consumer is not even a citizen of the country where the company that makes this is based, or where the factories that produce it are. You can own stock, but other than that?
- lstodd 7d ago"average people"'s means of production is their brains. which they have all the chances to own but often reject them.