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Most chatbot servers don't have video outputs (piefed.social)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by iloveDigit@piefed.social to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Reminder: there are no video outputs on these chatbot data center processors driving up the prices of graphics cards.

So they can't even sell as used GPUs to crash the consumer GPU price market when the AI bubble pops.

This is a reminder that businesses aren't "money focused calculation machines that optimize for the maximum possible profit." They don't worry about every little dollar, they just print money and use it to control you.

Raising prices for you is the goal, not a byproduct of some other smarter plan.

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[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People years ago said the cards used for crypto mining took too much power and cooling for gamers, but later we got gaming cards that take pretty much the same power and cooling as some of them.

I hope you're right and that doesn't happen this time. It's gone too far already.

You might also be right that they just see the "AI race" as more of a sprint than a marathon, so they don't care if they can liquidate parts for money back later.