Fuck ai
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2025
474 points (98.8% liked)
Technology
77058 readers
2474 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.
But, for most things you don't need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.
All the AI generated video
Yeah, AI video! Useless, we have humans we don't need to burn resources on stupid.
load more comments
(1 replies)
The use case for those is doing what we could do on the internet 15 years ago ourselves but it has been so bastardised that it is too inconvenient now.
But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.
I agree, i dont use it for anything useful tho i only use it for entertainment purposes(Like generating stuff)
i usually dont publish or upload the ai generated stuff to the internet(maybe only another llm).
but i am trying to quit/use less AI
Every time I decide to upgrade my damn computer something like this happens, come on i7-5820K, just a little longer, the prices will drop any time now...
Planning to upgrade my I7-4790K for a while now... First the GPU shortage and now this...
Well funnily enough since graphics cards use ram…those are impacted as well. Rumors nVidia is killing off the unannounced 50 series super cards, another about AMD/nVidia stopping/slowing production of budget oriented cards, and another about AMD raising graphics cards prices 10% for next year.
I got 2x32 GB for 200 € in April. Seems okay for something I am going to use for 10 years again. It was a i7 4790K to Ryzen 9 7900X transition.
Memory prices are crazy. I bought 96GB of DDR5 6400Mhz sticks for $320 back in February. Now it's $750.
A couple of months ago I bought 148gb and it was fuck all
I saw a listing for 1340€ for 96gb. Prices are truly insane
64Gb of DDR4 w/ fancy RGB lights in July 2025 for ~$160. Can't imagine paying the current prices.
I believe I paid around $60 for the equivalent in 2015 or so.
Looks like DDR6 is due in 2027, so DDR5 prices will start to fall in 2-3 years when all the AI bros move over to DDR6 instead.
It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.
Meanwhile, here I am on a PC that's less than two years old with DDR4 in it. Works fine for my needs.
DDR4 prices also nearly doubled
Yep, discovered that looking for a 2x16 sodimm kit for one of my mini pc’s. It’s nuts.
Not really, shortage in one category spills over to the next ones as well
Got it. Buy PS5, harvest memory.
Could you actually do this? I assumed it would all be some weird proprietary hardware that wouldn't work in a regular computer setup but I've never really read up on it.
I'm out of touch WRT hardware, but it looks like the PS5 uses something called GDDR memory. Your standard desktop or laptop most likely would use DDR. I'm not familiar with GDDR, though I'm guessing just based on the letters that it helps run graphics; still, it probably would not work with your tower or notebook.
I'm sure someone else in the thread can provide a more informed answer.
You also have DIMM, SODIMM, RDIMM and others which have different pinning.
I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 about 18 months ago... $80
I needed a 32gb kit of ddr4 last week, $160!!! Wtf! Okay.... Let's click order and if it drops I can just return it....
Checked this morning, $225!!!
Holy fuck!
Bought a 2tb SSD last week, $199. Checked prices this morning... $225
If you still need some DDR4, I can sell you my old set of 64 GB G. Skill RAM. I swapped it out for Corsair just so the RGB would match my other stuff. I'm not looking for a huge profit.
Edit. I read that wrong. Looks like you ordered some last week.
The Trump Trombone.
Wow, I just went back and checked. I spent $215 for 64GB of RAM last year. I should’ve bought more!
I spent $160 on 64gb its now $625
Wonder if this is going to turn into people cutting out catalytic converters, or stripping out copper wiring.
So glad I upgraded before this shit got so crazy.
same,but DDR4
The return of PlayStation clusters?
A PS5 currently costs less than £300. I can't even get 32GB of RAM for that, let alone a GPU or any of the other parts.
PC gaming is dead for now. The only affordable way is Steam Decks and similar.
I was literally looking prices to upgrade from 32 to 64GB last month. And i was, nah 120€ is too much, I'm ok for now. 320€ today and still climbing....
I talked myself out of upgrading to 64gb six months ago when I still could have grabbed 32gb of ddr4 for like $80... Kicking myself over that decision
I'm glad I opted to start at 64GB ram on the PC I built about a year ago. Compared to the other parts like CPU and GPU, it felt relatively cheap to bump it up from 32GB.
Wondering if I should pull the trigger on more storage though... Don't really need it right now but eventually I'll probably need some.
Can't really remember the last time it wasn't a horrible time to build a PC.
Pre-COVID, when the Ethereum mining went crazy… so around the time of the RTX 2000 series? Which honestly was pretty lacklustre compared to the GTX 1000 series…
So yeah, it’s been a while!
man I'm glad I got my 96gigs last year. fuck this mess.
I'll hold out until the bubble pops and pick it all up for pennies.
Whelp guess I'm not upgrading my PC to ddr5 anytime soon 😂
I am in the final stages of building two PCs for relatives of mine, and I don't think I did so an hour too soon. I watched RAM double in price the day after I bought it.
am lucky i dont plan to upgrade.
but i wonder if only one per customer can buy ram.
I stopped putting it off and built a ddr4 based pc as soon as I could. Didn’t plant it out as much as I normally would and now it’s biting me in the ass somewhat but that’s always part of the fun.
People are panicking but market will correct itself. RAM is basically a solved technology and supply is limited by lack of factories not ability to manufacture.
damn 64gb would be crazy i should do that
wait for the ai bubble to burst
view more: next ›