Alan Siefert 9 months ago

“Our GPUs are overloaded” “Free tier will be able to generate 3 images per day” This is why OpenAI needs to die to Chinese open source models.

CNBC

ChatGPT's viral image-generation AI is 'melting' OpenAI's GPUs

While it is "super fun seeing people love images" in ChatGPT, "our GPUs are melting," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on social media site X on Thursday.

Alan Siefert 9 months ago

My entire bonus went to the IRS. Will it be abolished soon?

Alan Siefert 9 months ago

It’s the year 2026. Coding AI has managed to translate human instructions directly into assembly that is more performant than any compiler can achieve with C code, but this assembly can not be understood by humans. “Vibe coding” is all we have.

Alan Siefert 9 months ago

Even Claude 3.7 seems to have trouble grokking vulkan and rendering in general.

Alan Siefert 9 months ago

If you think Trump is bad, wait until you see the pendulum swing to full-blown communism in 2028. The middle is gone.

Alan Siefert 9 months ago

Bitcoin has probably entered an era of any news of its use as permissionless cypherpunk money or privacy improvements resulting in the price crashing on speculation that it will be removed from US reserves. Hope I’m wrong.

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

Why don’t they make desktop PC GPUs with like 256GB of VRAM yet? Why are they all still fucking around with 16-32GB?

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

The gravity well of 58k attracts.

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

“Hey rust bucket! Your mom was a pregnant crash dummy!”

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

This is a GPU cluster for AI training today. View quoted note →

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

I wonder if the smart contract exploit that enabled the $1.4B ETH theft will lower support for OP_CAT in Bitcoin.

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

An open source CPU would be pretty sweet.

South China Morning Post

Chinese scientists vow to launch breakthrough open-source chip in 2025

Efforts by the Chinese Academy of Sciences form part of Beijing’s push to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology.

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

Release a free and open source version of Grok that competes with OpenAI’s latest model every time and OpenAI is done. View quoted note →

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

Why does round 3 out of 5 in the workout always bring out the mental barriers more than any other round?

Alan Siefert 10 months ago

I think there’s a strong chance we hit the BTC price high for this cycle already. HOWEVER, I don’t believe we’re going to see a massive crash in the bear market either. The historical volatility will get front-run on both ends.

Alan Siefert 11 months ago

This thing looks pretty rad.

3D Printing Industry

Terrorism Expert Warning on New Simplified 3D Printed Gun and Manifesto - 3D Printing Industry

The Urutau has created a paradigm shift in the 3D printed firearm landscape, according to a new report from the Global Network on Extremism & Techn...

Alan Siefert 11 months ago

The bad news: Coinjoin coordinators are probably going to be targeted. Wasabi coordinators are probably next on deck. The good news: Coin mixing most likely works for this level of State aggression to be directed towards it. View quoted note →

Alan Siefert 11 months ago

Why are cell services always more reliable than home internet ISPs?

Alan Siefert 11 months ago

I guess whales are choosing to sell their BTC to MicroStrategy and state reserves. 🤨

Alan Siefert 1 year ago

What are the chances one will be able to pick up a RTX 5090 that isn’t via a scalper who’s scooped them all up ahead of anyone else?