• Alk@lemmy.world
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    Can someone explain why to a layman? Don’t they make graphics cards? I have one and it’s fine, but what else is making it so valuable?

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      We are in an AI business explosion, they make the best hardware for those workloads and can charge whatever they want for them. Also this is not real value but investor value, so as long as the AI hype continues their value will keep increasing.

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        And that AI boom is following closely on the heels of a crypto boom that already had them pretty inflated.

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        It’s not all imaginary, real money is being paid for AI services which in turn is being spent on GPUs.

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      They make chips that do super complex math really really fast. They also make super fast networking gear to allow a crapload of them to do super complex math together

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      Basically their stuff is good for running AI, and investors are frothing at the mouth for anything with the word AI in it rn.

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    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/

    Overall, we rate The Guardian Left-Center biased based on story selection that moderately favors the left and Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks over the last five years.

    Detailed Report

    Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: United Kingdom Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Newspaper Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY