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The AI dooooooom thread

Started by Hamilcar, April 06, 2023, 12:44:43 PM

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HisMajestyBOB

Quote from: PJL on December 03, 2025, 12:43:15 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 03, 2025, 10:25:49 AMI would like to get a new computer next year, please don't drive up the cost of components.

Not just computers but all consumables with silicon components will be affected. So everything from washing machines to cars.

Gonna have to replace my silicon chips with potato chips.  :(
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The Minsky Moment

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 03, 2025, 03:37:37 PMGonna have to replace my silicon chips with potato chips.  :(

Just like we make computer in Soviet Russia!
We have, accordingly, always had plenty of excellent lawyers, though we often had to do without even tolerable administrators, and seen destined to endure the inconvenience of hereafter doing without any constructive statesmen at all.
--Woodrow Wilson

HVC

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 03, 2025, 10:25:49 AMI would like to get a new computer next year, please don't drive up the cost of components.

Micron is shuttering crucial and focusing on AI customers. With downward price pressure disappearing from cheaper suppliers whoever is left is gonna charge even more.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

HisMajestyBOB

:bleeding:
Maybe instead of a new computer, I'll just rediscover the classics. I did just discover the Eamon adventure game series and my Apple IIGS is currently gathering dust...
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