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20251217 - The Resonant Computing Manifesto: same AI slop, same AI guys
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20251216 - Amazon discovers AI sucks at automated TV recaps
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Sources:
- Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business
- DDR4-3200 2x8GB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/
- Solid State Drive : M.2 NVME 1 TB (Average price in USD over last 18 months) https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/#storage.ssdm2nvme.1000
- The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ai-frenzy-is-driving-new-global-supply-chain-crisis-2025-12-03/
Previously on Pivot to AI:
- AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/
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