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Re:What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math? by topspin on Sunday March 29, 2026 @07:54AM (#47562367)
> they will spend infinite amounts of circular fake money > forever

If that's the plan (there is no plan) then it expires at some point, because it's a spiral and such spirals always bottom out.

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Re:What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math? by throwatdem12311 on Sunday March 29, 2026 @08:17AM (#47562536)
And when that happens people STILL won’t be able to afford the hardware.
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Re:What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math? by lelanthran on Sunday March 29, 2026 @10:57AM (#47563711)
> And when that happens people STILL won’t be able to afford the hardware.

Of course they will - if that happens all these AI token providers won't have a use for all that hardware they bought. You'll be buying used H100s and H200s off eBay for pennies on the dollar.

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Re:What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math? by throwatdem12311 on Sunday March 29, 2026 @12:07PM (#47564371)
No they won’t they’re just going to get absorbed into Azure and AWS and used for generic GPU compute that you rent until they’re burned out trash.
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Re:What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math? by Dylan16807 on Monday March 30, 2026 @12:08PM (#47576100)
Then those datacenters will barely need any new GPUs, so the companies making them will be desperate to get gamers to buy cards and set very competitive prices.
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