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Firm that lets you rent out your idle Mac for AI inference workloads warns of plummeting token costs — Darkbloom network sees earnings drop to $1.23 a day as Anthropic tokens fall 77%. (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 18 points 51 minutes ago

We used to give our cycles for free to help probing the universe and understanding the building blocks of life

Nowadays it's about selling them to assholes ruining the world.

Well, kinda glad it ends up not profitable enough for them.

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    [–] [S] 15 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I love how we went from 1. AI will make your computer obsolete to 2. rent out your computer to AI to 3. sorry, AI doesn’t pay enough to rent your computer. That’s an entire tech boom and bust cycle squeezed into one Mac’s idle time.

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  • [–] 1 point 25 minutes ago

    Unfortunately in addition, they took all the money for like three tech booms and slammed it all into that one cycle because the US economy was very stagnant and it seemed like their only move that made line go up. Whole thing has been exhausting.

    I'm tired, boss.

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    • [–] 1 point 33 minutes ago

    Cheaper Tokens is a good thing. Maybe not for people who want to sell them to you, but if you buy them, that is awesome

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    [–] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I think they are just subsidizing to gain users before the IPO though, no?

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