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Thread #174300 Message #4234247
Posted By: MaJoC the Filk
13-Jan-26 - 12:20 PM
Thread Name: Artificial Intelligence - what could go wrong?
Subject: RE: Artificial Intelligence - what could go wrong?
Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? This might be the last good year for buying hardware
[ ... ] If you think GPUs are pricey now, you'll only have to wait six weeks, during which both AMD and Nvidia are expected to demonstrate supply-side economics much as the Road Runner demonstrated gravity to Wile E Coyote.
[ snipissimo: current US plans, if Taiwan is invaded, include reducing TSMC's chip factory to rubble: goodbye to half the world's production. "If we can't have them, nobody can." ]
[ ... ] There may be a 20-year upgrade cycle coming. Still, look on the bright side. You'll be able to stop worrying about that AI bubble.