These “makeshift” structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

“Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation.”

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    Pure wishful thinking like this is just as useful as thoughts and prayers.

    This is a overhyped technology just like the internet was before the dotcom bubble popped.

    The best you can hope for is for the AI bubble to burst and then see what AI is like when it normalises.

    Because to think this technology will just go away is going to end the same way as for tge people who said the internet is just a temporary fad.

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      When the dot com bubble bursted, the typical internet speed was 56k modem speed and cellular internet practically didn’t exist. At that point the internet still needed years of exponential technological advancement to allow for stuff like streaming amd mobile services. The difference with the AI bubble is that they try to brute force their way out of infancy by throwing ludicrous amounts of money, energy and other recources at it instead of waiting for the much needed technological progress

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        While everyone had 56k modems, they laid millions of miles of finer optic cable. That sounds like brute forcing to me. Most of it laid there dark for 20 years.

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        Then 9/11 happened and suddenly we have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth competed with infrared before it dominated. Bluetooth’s wlan not getting good is still sad to me.