Nvidia’s hardware is so important for scientific computing that them getting diverted by the jingling keys of AI is kind of wild. They could make billions encouraging research into climate mitigation as well!
I think I know of get it. For tech billionaires, AI is the perfect product because it’s such a floating signifier. It means nothing and so it can be anything. And the only main thing attaching all AI products is running obscene amounts of calculations on mostly Nvidia GPUs.
Nvidia’s hardware is so important for scientific computing that them getting diverted by the jingling keys of AI is kind of wild. They could make billions encouraging research into climate mitigation as well!
I think I know of get it. For tech billionaires, AI is the perfect product because it’s such a floating signifier. It means nothing and so it can be anything. And the only main thing attaching all AI products is running obscene amounts of calculations on mostly Nvidia GPUs.
capitalist efficiency strikes again