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[–] 7 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Certain companies are buying up all the stock because it stops individuals from building their own AI capable rig and forces them and businesses into subscription models.

They are using copyright laws in the same way and lobbying so building new models legally costs millions of dollars and open sourcing stops being viable.

The biggest threat to the AI bubble is people running the same services out of their home with open source alternatives for a fraction of the price.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This seems like quite the conspiracy theory given the much more simple motivation that AI gives them tons of money right now and it requires ram

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    I'd give it less credence if it wasn't for Altman trying to buy the wafers themselves.

    I think they panicked when China and Meta started releasing multi million models for free. Stifling hardware is the only way they can recoup their investments.

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