alt Hacker Newsat the moment yes. The one possible silver lining with all of the current hardware crunch is that it _should_ force some hardware advancements. The last couple years hardware has been kinda boring. My m1max is still zippy as all hell and doesn't really need to be upgraded, unless I am committing to local AI inference.
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virgil_disgr4ce • yesterday at 3:55 PM
> it _should_ force some hardware advancements
I'm very curious what kind of hardware advancements you're imagining. Because we're already kind of near a physical wall regarding heat dissipation on phones.
I mean hey, maybe foundational physics will surprise the world with a radical breakthrough that disappears heat into a black hole or something, but I sure wouldn't hold my breath
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I kinda assume phones are going to be battery powered for the foreseeable future. "Gaming" phones with better cooling do exist, but they are a tiny niche. Most local AI users will want to serve their inference needs through a very different kind of system.