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The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI | Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentatio… (www.404media.co)
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[–] 53 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Reminds me of companies getting their cloud computing bills.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yup. I've had the same thoughts. There are many who still think its insane to have your own equipment. Now there will be those who think its insane to do your own thinking.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, but you get to exchange cap-ex for op-ex!

    Nevermind that running a 48 core server in Azure with 16TB of managed disks is going to run about 21k a year, and you can practically buy a new server for that price.

    My company is tossing out their "old" equipment right now, which is why I have a nice server humming away in my basement right now.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    "We need cloud computing!!!!"

    5 minutes later: "Ok a monolith is good enough"

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Both of those statements hurt my soul, damn, why do you have to do that to me. On a Friday no less

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