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You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs
Op-ed: AI has been a cure for $1,600 computers that start with 8GB of memory.
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joeb
I agree with this. I have 32GB on my laptop now.
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alvinkatojr
Agreed. AI saved us from RAM related mediocrity. But it won’t save us from the end of the world, or replace programmers no matter how much they hype it up.
People create, machines copy. End of story.
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