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darthoctopus 5 hours ago

Lest we forget, this memory shortage was deliberately engineered [1]. Thanks, OpenAI.

[1]: https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram...

msy 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

All the more reason to hope that company crashes and burns.

ajross 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

These are Bonkers times we live in. Be honest, who had "Sam Altman kills Apple Computer" on their 2025/6 Bingo card?

mschuster91 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Be honest, who had "Sam Altman kills Apple Computer" on their 2025/6 Bingo card?

Not the person Sam Altman specifically, but AI in general. It was obvious even in 2024 that braindead beancounters were jumping on the hype train, so much so that coal power plants were kept alive to satiate the power hunger [1]. The last time that shit happened, it was the coin craze [2], but unlike cryptocurrencies there was and is an actual product being made...

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/18/bitcoin-m...

lostmsu 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From reading this link it sounds like OpenAI successfully dodged oligopoly bullet.

mschuster91 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Well, actually, there is one other important reason for this article’s existence I'll tack onto the end – a hope that other people start digging into what’s going on at OpenAI. I mean seriously – do we even have a single reliable audit of their financials to back up them outrageously spending this much money…for this? Heck, I’ve even heard from numerous sources that OpenAI is “buying up the manufacturing equipment as well” – and without mountains of concrete proof, and/or more input from additional sources on what that really means…I don’t feel I can touch that hot potato without getting burned…but I hope someone else will…

And I'd say if it ends up being shown there even is the slightest hint of impropriety going on, trial him. Up to and including capital punishment for the entire board and C level - what OpenAI already has done, even if legally on paper, IMHO is the biggest market manipulation in history, and it's not just one competitor that is suffering but society as a whole.

I don't have an issue with big companies and their super rich investors engaging in petty bitch fights. By all means, hand me some popcorn and soda. But the RAM situation, with everyone not being super rich and flush with cash from AI crazed investors being screwed royally? That is far beyond acceptable.

We need to send a message: you can't mess around with the world economy at that level without feeling serious repercussions. The lives of the billions are not playthings for the select few.

And if it turns out to be outright market manipulation, engaging in deals he doesn't even have the money committed for by others, much less actually have it on his balance sheet? Then it's time for the pitchforks, not even Madoff was this ruthless.