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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by seanwilson on Monday January 22, 2018 @07:54PM (#16209805)
> Something that is more relevant to humanity. Like protein folding? Or planet hunting? Or pattern analysis? Or something else, that can be used to build an AI brain?

It's not that easy. You need to be able to generate tasks that have a predictable levels of difficulty.

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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by Blindedwino on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:46PM (#16210162)
You don't "need" to, though. We're talking about internet pogs here.
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