Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
- Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.
- As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us.
- Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies may be purchasing 70 percent of the world’s supply of high-end computer memory, causing a shortage.
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- Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.
- As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us.
- Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies may be purchasing 70 percent of the world’s supply of high-end computer memory, causing a shortage.
Sources: The Atlantic