Born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe, born just in time to join a crew of road pirates!
Turns out the most profitable AI business model is stealing the hardware before anyone can spend billions teaching it to hallucinate. Wall Street calls that an asset light strategy. Nvidia calls it demand. The thieves call it same day delivery.
Wall Street calls that an asset light strategy. Nvidia calls it demand. The thieves call it same day delivery.
That’s a very AI way of phrasing it.
The profit margins must be great.
Holy shit computer hardware road pirates in the year of our lord 2026. What a wacky world we live in
Thats what happens when you pushbhardware to be more expensive than gold
A new “back to the their roots” fast and furious movie. Instead of A/V gear it’s GPUs this time
I Think this too! Redo fast and furious with GPU!
Cyberpunk Lore predicted much. Stealing hardware from a vehicle convoy was definitely a mission.
Knocking the AV out of the sky via emp cost about 120 million eddies.
grand-theft-GPU
You have to steal the hardware IRL before you can play the game on it.
This is the kind of Robin Hood shit I can get behind.
Steal from people who not only increased prices for the common folks but can easily afford the loss. Give it back to folks who are just trying to live their lives.
Fuck AI.
I mean, it says the thieves are sending the hardware to China. That can mean anything from gaming black market to state-sponsored funneling of hardware to Chinese AI companies. It might be less Robin Hood and more… I don’t know, some Jackie Chan movie where Triads are operating in the US and working with a Chinese diplomat to help some mega-corp.
I’m sorry, but this is not going to folks trying to live their lives. They couldn’t even use the specialized hardware.
I want that to be true, but from the article:
The first instinct is to assume that all of the gear would end up on the second-hand market. But in an additional twist to the story, the thieves already have overseas buyers ready before the heist actually takes place.
Law enforcement officials believe that the gear is slurped up by entities operating in countries under the U.S.’ tight AI export controls, including China. Verified Carrier, a platform for vetting carriers, says that this year, it’s seen suspicious activity linked with U.S. cargo theft in India, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Colombia, and Moldova. Scott Cornell of TAPA Americas estimates that six to seven out of 10 stolen cargo shipments (data center gear or otherwise) end up overseas.
See? The thieves are just thinking about money, not justice or social balance.
FAST and FURIOUS - Opening Scene Car Chase
From DVD players to GPUs in a generation
Fast and Furious Betamax!
In that movie they were stealing VCRs, weren’t they? Makes me feel a billion years old
Stealing VCRs are a gateway drug to becoming an enemy to multiple countries and driving in space.
Things are getting kinda cyberpunk out here in The Sprawl.
Good. Where to we sign up to fund their efforts lol
So they get paid selling the “stolen” hardware and insurance fraud on top of it. And still nobody does anything.
Doing Gods work
Real life fast & furious, but with GPUs instead of DVD players
Damn defo inside jobs. Won’t be surprised if the fucking suits start demanding HR to double-check applicant bonafides (where I live, applying for a job requires you must have a clean slate – no police records – and plenty of government IDs).
New era of pinkertons with shotguns riding in back with the pallets of RTX coming
Time to reboot CHIPS.
