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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics

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337 points throw0101c | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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oytis ◴[18 Jul 25 20:21 UTC] No.44609364[source]▶
I just hope when (if) the hype is over, we can repurpose the capacities for something useful (e.g. drug discovery etc.)
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teaearlgraycold ◴[18 Jul 25 20:29 UTC] No.44609463[source]▶
A competent government might rent these company’s GPUs to cure major diseases once they’re sitting idle.
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1. Bluestein ◴[18 Jul 25 20:38 UTC] No.44609569[source]▶
(or they'll end up mining crypto as the only viable alternative, crashing the whole tent )