We're already in a shortage (of RAM). Price increases should be a motivator to increase production. This is the system working.

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phatfish an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Will there be increase in production if the 3 companies that make the RAM decide they can profit more by keeping production mostly the same and flogging it for 10x the price of a couple of years ago to a few AI companies happy to burn cash?

The only hope is China spoils the party.

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overfeed 42 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> This is the system working.

Something one could say about a high fever being a sign of the immune system working. There are obvious temporary and permanent risks to how the system works, and there are limits beyond which everything simply breaks down. It's best not to have a fever at all.

	▲	azan_ 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> It's best not to have a fever at all. Well put. Indeed non-free market solutions typically rely on some impossible conditions, in your comparison that would be "just don't get sick". But people will get sick. You can't just "not have a fever at all".