Fiber lasts decades, GPUs last three years: the AI boom isn't the dot-com boom [video](youtube.com)
34 points by frag | 32 comments
A Data Science at Home podcast episode on YouTube arguing the AI investment boom differs from the dot-com fiber boom because GPUs depreciate within a few years.
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