Comment by shevy-java
Comment by shevy-java 14 hours ago
So AI drives prices up, directly and indirectly. I am not happy, in part because I actually need to purchase new hardware (eventually, and unfortunately quite soon, probably next year already, again).
I think there must be a tax of all those AI corporations - they cost us as society WAY too much. We need to bring this into the discussion; right now lobbyists such as the orange king want to ban all discussions therein aka making AI investments exempt from numerous things. This is leeching on the general taxpayers, in all countries. It is not acceptable.
>> I am not happy ... I think there must be a tax of all those AI corporations
There are a lot of elements to this AI shit-show that I don't like or worry about, but taxing them specifically because they're driving up the price of memory when you want some is not really a "societal cost". You then mention something about "general taxpayers" - didn't you just lobby to make them a super tax payer? Go ahead and rant, but seems like pretty basic supply & demand, and keep some perspective; it's computer memory not bread.