... AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies may be purchasing 70 percent of the world’s supply of high-end computer memory, causing a shortage. As a result, the prices of computer memory and storage are skyrocketing: Hard drives that I bought for my reporting two years ago for $350 each were $800 when I checked two weeks ago, and are now out of stock. The prices of some laptops have gone up as much as 50 percent
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in reply to Brian Small • • •> The problem with generative AI, in the industry’s own jargon, is that it does not scale.
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#SlaamiScale #GenAi #LLMScaling
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#SalamiScale #LLMScalingFail
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in reply to Brian Small • • •> Affordable entry-level computers may “disappear by 2028” according to one forecast. And the memory shortage is expected to continue for years.
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#FrugalComputing ? #RightToRepair..
More important than ever..
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