About whether huge AI infrastructure spending will pay off before hardware becomes obsolete.
Has this happened?
Yes 39 (30%)Not sure 21 (16%)No 68 (53%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether huge AI infrastructure spending will pay off before hardware becomes obsolete.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Once you can run a GPT5 level LLM locally on a device, it’s over. All this mighty infrastructure is no longer any more impressive than a top of the line 2013 Mac Pro in 2025. I think we’re 10 years away from that.