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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We could build hundreds of thousands of homes for families that need them, but it goes to stealing water, power, and land instead.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Art, too, of course, none of it actually works without that.

Fuck those homeless/hungry/sick people I guess.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

So now that people are boycotting Open AI over their partnership with the US Department of Defense, will that extend to these corporations who are enabling Open AI and their bad policies?

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

There are reports going around that an AR-15 is now cheaper than current RAM sticks. We could sell our RAM sticks and pay Sam Altman a visit.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 206 points 1 week ago (5 children)

110 billion more pumped into a company with no sustainable business model in sight 🫧

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

And also all the military contracts that Anthropic will no longer take

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope, it's a 110 billion IOU...there is no money being passed around. That's why when this pops. It's gonna be grizzly.

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[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

$110b pumped into a company that's literally never made a cent.

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[–] Tamps@feddit.uk 93 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We are grateful for the support from our partners and have a lot of work to do to bring you the tools you deserve.

What about the ram and storage I deserve?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 40 points 1 week ago

They’ll have you subscribe to their RAM and storage.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Exactly. Nobody asked for AI.

What we ask for is cheap storage and RAM.

They are taking away something we want, and replacing it with something we don't want.

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The merry go round of fake capital continues.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

the tools you deserve

What did we do wrong to deserve this?

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The tools we deserve/need are cheap. A few pieces of wood and an angled blade.

An AR-15 is now cheaper than 64 gigs of RAM...🤔

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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 45 points 1 week ago

I profoundly hate this timeline

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago

So anyway, I pumped one of the biggest bubbles in history again

[–] amos@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This is absolutely insane to me. AI is destroying society.

Now is the time to stand by your principles. And if you don't have principles, maybe raise some. Become anti-consumption and remove yourself from capitalism, as much as possible. Hate those people. You should hate them as much as possible.

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[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nvidia buying more of their own GPUs. Definitely not a bubble, just kind of circle shaped

[–] definitely_AI@feddit.online 14 points 1 week ago

Look, it's simple. In capitalism it works like this:

Money = more money

Society = money

You = society

More society = more money

Society = more money

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just the three biggest companies sinking $110 billion into a company that's never made a profit what bubble

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

NVidia, AWS, and SoftBank are all involved in data center construction. Wonder how much of the $110B are essentially 'store credits' that just cycle back to them?

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

of course his PROFILE picture is ai GENERATED. i cringe at that cartoonish look that my older bro does with pictures.

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Fuck 110 billion.... These people have way too much money to burn. Literally throwing money away for some shit tech that so far hasn't produced any returns and probably never will.

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[–] BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can someone that lies better than me start-up a fake AI Company that's real purpose is to take all the memory and chips they have access to and sell them at a loss to normal people? Not only would the prices come down , but we'd be actively screwing over all these giant companies that invested.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

For that matter, how much does it cost to start a RAM manufacturer?

[–] pootzapie@lemy.lol 10 points 1 week ago

What could it cost..$10?

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I'm an idiot, that goes without saying, but I think that if anything needs another round of investment AND that extra investment is 110 billion of any decently used currency then maybe, just maybe, something is fundamentally wrong with the product in the first place.
However, like I said, I'm an idiot so what do I know.

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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If a RAM stick or my GPU fails in my computer, I’m ruined financially.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just go outside. Avoid people, but the rest of it isn't terrible if you can avoid the rest of humanity.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

What are you on about?

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

I had 32GB ranked ram and one stick failed. I now have 16GB now.

Even micro SD cards have got crazy expensive.

I think some CEOs are starting to slowly realise how unpopular AI is with the public. But at this point their sink costs are astronomical.

[–] doesit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A lot of people won't have a computer/phone to make use of AI because of this 🤣

[–] Senal@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the goal, once you can't outright afford the hardware what do you think happens?

Subscriptions of course, much like the phone "contracts" of today, now you can rent a PC, or better yet subscribe to a cloud instance of a PC.

You'd still need to subscribe to the LLM of course, but that'd be easier if it was bundled with your cloud computer subscription.

Then comes the software bundles, because they can't just have you installing whatever you want on their cloud machines, that's leaving money on the table.

Eventually with the next generation, or the one after that it will become normalised, just another thing you can't own because fuck you, that's why.

FML: i scroll down maybe 10 posts and this : https://programming.dev/post/46457240

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[–] jode@pawb.social 17 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't understand, ChatGPT isn't even a well performing AI. It's a household name, sure, but it's quality sucks.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (6 children)

And how much of that 110 billion is real money and also isn't just rotating money that OpenAI sent to them?

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its not 110 billion up front. Its setup to hit 110 billion in several stages if they hit certain metrics like AGI or going public.

The first stage is something like 35 billion based on reports. 15 billion from Amazon, then 10 billion each from Nvidia and Softbank. Looks like Microsoft sat this round out since they arent name checked:

All of this adds a little more anxiety to OpenAI's alleged $100 billion funding round which, as The Information reports, Amazon's alleged $50 billion investment will actually be $15 billion, with the next $35 billion contingent on AGI or an IPO:

Under the terms of the investment, which are still being negotiated, Amazon would initially invest $15 billion into OpenAI, these people said. The other $35 billion could hinge on OpenAI reaching AGI or going public, the people said. The proposed Amazon investment is part of OpenAI’s current funding round, which could top $100 billion at a valuation of $730 billion before the financing.

And that $30 billion from NVIDIA is shaping up to be a Klarna-esque three-installment payment plan:

In addition, SoftBank and Nvidia each plan to invest $30 billion in three installments through the year as part of the round, said the people. Microsoft had been expected to invest low billions of dollars, The Information previously reported, but it could invest a smaller amount or none at all, according to two of the people.

Still a fuckton, but as usual Altman is hyping something that hasent actually happened.

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[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last October I built a new PC for the first time in a solid decade. My aging Intel 6700k has served me well. I had no idea of the missile barrage that I dodged by upgrading when I did.

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully he’ll die painfully ☺️

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I wanted to replace my 2TB HDD with an SSD.... but not for $400-$500.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"The tools you deserve", lol. I'm sure they'll get exactly that.

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