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Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by coldtea »

arcatech wrote: post #128
coldtea wrote: post #92

> M6 supports up to 32GB of unified memory Is this a joke? > Additionally, M5 Ultra features a massive amount of high-bandwidth unified memory, up to 512GB Now we're talking. But at what cost?

The Pro and Ultra variants are the ones with the higher RAM amounts. They didn’t announce the M6 Pro yet.

Yeah, but they still write regarding plain M6:

"M6 also introduces a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, providing up to 2x the peak compute over previous generations to make on-device AI workflows run even faster" .

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Post by ashetr »

runjake wrote: post #125
bubblegumcrisis wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sigh.. Is there anything better now though? All I see from AI, is an amplification of the enshittification of the internet. And people being even more alone.

Then you’re either spending time in the wrong parts of the internet or doing things that don't fulfill you. These times are exciting and rough seas make good sailors. Find your path forward.

What is exciting about getting pablum spoonfed by a data center owned by trillionaires?

I'd rather go to the library and read a book.

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Post by bilbo0s »

paxys wrote: post #114
intrasight wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So is downpayment on a house. I would buy the house and just pay for tokens as needed. The house will get more valuable and that wealth would buy a lot of tokens in the future - which will probably get cheaper. EDIT: or buy AAPL. If I had bought Apple stock instead of buying a Mac LC II in 1992, then I would have about $2 million in Apple stock.

Or more simply – $25K (+ tax) put in a savings account will earn about enough interest to pay for a $100/month AI subscription indefinitely. And at the end of it you still have the $25K.

This is the real answer.

Unless you need privacy for your inference this instant, paying for credits can get 80 to 90 percent of people everything they need.

Of course if you do need that privacy, then forking the $25K over to Apple is a no brainer.

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Post by minhaz23 »

AbsurdCensor wrote: post #140
bubblegumcrisis wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sigh.. Is there anything better now though? All I see from AI, is an amplification of the enshittification of the internet. And people being even more alone.

Sure, when you look a little wider, since 2000 we have seen the following major improvements: - Extreme poverty has dropped from 30% to under 10% globally. - Child mortality rates have dropped in half - Internet access has exploded from 10% to 70% - Solar energy costs have dropped 90% - Cancer death rates have declined by 30% All of these massive improvements in less than 30 years. While there certainly are issues to…

Is that AI / compute driven?

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Post by stuff4ben »

paxys wrote: post #84
stuff4ben wrote: post #81

M5 Pro in a Mac Mini with 64GB RAM and 10Gbit Ethernet seems like the perfect Jellyfin server and Ollama test server. All for just over $3K (I specced with only 1TB local nvme).

Probably worth it for Ollama but you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi.

True re: the Raspberry Pi, but I was thinking the 10Gbit Ethernet would allow more concurrent streaming in my household. But it's probably overkill.
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