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So, what are the new datacenters even for? (awful.systems)
submitted 18 hours ago by to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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As I was using LLMs at work (I never use LLMs for personal projects), a question occurred to me:

What in the fuck are these new data centers supposed to actually do?

The enterprise users are all in on having LLMs write 300% of the code. And yet, both OpenAI and Anthropic are still giving these "$200 gets you $10 000 in API costs" subscriptions to every victim of AI psychosis.

Why do we have RAM, hard disk, SSD, GPU and CPU shortages and no "token shortage"?

I mean, we all know the answer, these are the offerings for the robot god, but like how in the fuck are they still obtaining loans for this shit?

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[–] 7 points 4 hours ago* (1 child)

I think it is a combination of VCs really believing this is the next big gold rush and radical innovation which will change the world plus a few true believers who think we need all the ... compute (I dislike the word) to run the acausalrobotgod who will fix all our problems (and 'We' need to prepare so China doesnt build it first).

To go back to the first group, when they say 'dont get left behind' they are bot addressing you or me, but other capitalists (as in people with money, not just people who believe the ideology is best)

Edit: wow this question attracted a lot of conspiracy theorists.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    I'm purging the worst of the conspiracy theorists (which I'm sure they'll love)

    I considered posting a reminder that we do analysis here, not weirdo daydreaming, but fuck it anyone who doesn't know where the line is deserves a ban

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