Re: Windows-on-ARM Laptop Is A “Frequently-Returned Item” On Amazon

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:15:41 -0400, Paul wrote:

On Mon, 3/24/2025 9:19 PM, rbowman wrote:
 
 

Not coming to a desktop near you any time soon.

 
I think this is true.
 
1) The cost can come down, by roughly a factor of three. 2) The benefit
has to be higher, to swing the deal.
 
A break through is needed, not because the current AI is so "dopey",
it's because the current technology does not scale nearly well enough.
You can't handle a "big" problem currently, even in a data center.
Unless that changes, there will never be a Skynet.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/no-cloud-needed-nvidia-creates-
gaming-centric-ai-chatbot-that-runs-on-your-gpu/

The text model is 3GB. For the techies, the local GPU is doing inference
with the model, not developing the model. That's the goal for the AI
people. Going to the cloud to run the inferences takes a lot of resources.
There is also the privacy issue. Currently people have their knickers in a
knot because Alexa is going to be sending everything home

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-
will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/