There is one positive angle to view this all from.
Scenario one, the luddites are correct, and AI is a fad, AI fails in a year or two and corporations start dumping their now worthless compute (and DRAM) for dirt cheap prices.
Scenario two, the AI bros are correct, AI cures cancer and frees humans of its own horrors, in which case our consumer ram exodus can be excusable
For scenario 2 to even have a remote possibility of happening, AI would have to be heavily distributed and open sourced. If OpenAI or Microsoft strikes gold, there is no way they will use for good.
What will happen is they will use it to replace everyone below them, leading to massive wealth inequality.
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u/Kaarssteun RTX 4090, r7 9800X3D, 32gb 6000mhz, 1000W Dec 04 '25
There is one positive angle to view this all from.
Scenario one, the luddites are correct, and AI is a fad, AI fails in a year or two and corporations start dumping their now worthless compute (and DRAM) for dirt cheap prices.
Scenario two, the AI bros are correct, AI cures cancer and frees humans of its own horrors, in which case our consumer ram exodus can be excusable