▲ 690 ▼ Poll shows 84% of PC users unwilling to pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware (videocardz.com) submitted 2 years ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 144 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bouldering_barista@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (4 children) Who in the heck are the 16% permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) The ones who have investments in AI The ones who listen to the marketing The ones who are big Weird Al fans The ones who didn't understand the question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Glytch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago I would pay for Weird-Al enhanced PC hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Those Weird Al fans will be very disappointed permalink fedilink source parent [–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago The nerds that care about privacy but want chatbots or better autocomplete permalink fedilink source parent [–] barfplanet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm interested in hardware that can better run local models. Right now the best bet is a GPU, but I'd be interested in a laptop with dedicated chips for AI that would work with pytorch. I'm a novice but I know it takes forever on my current laptop. Not interested in running copilot better though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x0x7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* Maybe people doing AI development who want the option of running local models. But baking AI into all consumer hardware is dumb. Very few want it. saas AI is a thing. To the degree saas AI doesn't offer the privacy of local AI, networked local AI on devices you don't fully control offers even less. So it makes no sense for people who value convenience. It offers no value for people who want privacy. It only offers value to people doing software development who need more playground options, and I can go buy a graphics card myself thank you very much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I would if the hardware was powerful enough to do interesting or useful things, and there was software that did interesting or useful things. Like, I'd rather run an AI model to remove backgrounds from images or upscale locally, than to send images to Adobe servers (this is just an example, I don't use Adobe products and don't know if this is what Adobe does). I'd also rather do OCR locally and quickly than send it to a server. Same with translations. There are a lot of use-cases for "AI" models. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) The ones who have investments in AI The ones who listen to the marketing The ones who are big Weird Al fans The ones who didn't understand the question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Glytch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago I would pay for Weird-Al enhanced PC hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Those Weird Al fans will be very disappointed permalink fedilink source parent [–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago The nerds that care about privacy but want chatbots or better autocomplete permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago I would pay for Weird-Al enhanced PC hardware. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Those Weird Al fans will be very disappointed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago The nerds that care about privacy but want chatbots or better autocomplete permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barfplanet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm interested in hardware that can better run local models. Right now the best bet is a GPU, but I'd be interested in a laptop with dedicated chips for AI that would work with pytorch. I'm a novice but I know it takes forever on my current laptop. Not interested in running copilot better though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* Maybe people doing AI development who want the option of running local models. But baking AI into all consumer hardware is dumb. Very few want it. saas AI is a thing. To the degree saas AI doesn't offer the privacy of local AI, networked local AI on devices you don't fully control offers even less. So it makes no sense for people who value convenience. It offers no value for people who want privacy. It only offers value to people doing software development who need more playground options, and I can go buy a graphics card myself thank you very much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I would if the hardware was powerful enough to do interesting or useful things, and there was software that did interesting or useful things. Like, I'd rather run an AI model to remove backgrounds from images or upscale locally, than to send images to Adobe servers (this is just an example, I don't use Adobe products and don't know if this is what Adobe does). I'd also rather do OCR locally and quickly than send it to a server. Same with translations. There are a lot of use-cases for "AI" models. permalink fedilink source parent