cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/55081750

DRAM shortages may lead to the return of 4GB RAM smartphones and microSD slots by 2026, with flagship devices seeing a slowdown in RAM upgrades.

  • Sundray@lemmus.org
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    8 days ago

    Well, at least through chicanery and backroom deals, Sam Altman has made it much more expensive (or even physically impossible) for OpenAI’s competitors to train their LLMs. And in the end, doesn’t that make the huge price shock of the consumer electronics market all worthwhile? /s

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      8 days ago

      I liked how open ai was supposed to be pro human and… open and not for profit and then someone was like, hey if we fuck over every living being all at once we, ourselves, could be wealthy and the board was like “yes”

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          7 days ago

          yeah I know. I think there is a small but real possibility that historians will identify that 3 day board room drama as a very important test for humankind that we failed