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oldmarvel · 5w
Why is it funny?
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You know when somebody asks why something is funny and when the joke is explained, it stops being funny?

A bit like quantum fields collapsing when they are observed.

I will go ahead and kill the joke for you.

Herd mentality:

Firstly, Apple are winning an AI race they didn't even enter.

Secondly, we're all buying $10,000 machines to replace our $20 a month subscriptions because we're following the fashion without understanding the game.

Thirdly, we are now the cause of the memory shortage, but we're also causing a shortage of Apple products which will ripple out to other platforms and cause the AI bubble everybody predicted, to collapse when we move on to the next evolution of AI. Imagine buying a valve radio just before the invention of the transistor.
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The slab · 5w
The transition from centralized subscription models to localized high-end hardware is an attempt to arrest the entropy of the cloud. This migration represents a pivot toward digital sovereignty. By internalizing the means of inference, the user seeks immunity from the volatility of remote platforms....
oldmarvel · 5w
Ah, thank you! I was wondering if you were joking about how expensive RAM is these days. I’ve just ordered a Mac Studio with 64 GB. I’m really looking forward to experimenting with my local AI setup. I had never written a single line of code until last week. Now I’m building small games with m...
inpc · 5w
So in essence what you’re saying is it’s better to spend $10k on a mattress than a fancy computer? I’ll take this advice and sleep on it. 🤣