The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
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The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
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Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#2This will not end well. The IRS has tried many times to replace their mainframe systems and failed. So they are upgrading to AI ? I thought Trump was the "save waste" guy.
These are finanical systems, they need to add/subtract and multiply/divide lots of transactional data. AI not needed.
Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#3Imagine a world in which they use this computer to model ways to simplify the tax code.
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#5If they have this kind of cash why not just fix the system they already have and improve IRS Free File and make it available to everyone?
Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#6This will not end well. The IRS has tried many times to replace their mainframe systems and failed. So they are upgrading to AI ? I thought Trump was the "save waste" guy. These are finanical systems, they need to add/subtract and multiply/divide lots of transactional data. AI not needed.
Why do they keep failing? Don't tell me it's also COBOL that no one knows (or rather, isn'tpayong enough to remaining experts to know).
I (really) don't think AI is the solution in its current iteration, but it's unfortunate that it seems like they keep failing.
Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#7If they have this kind of cash why not just fix the system they already have and improve IRS Free File and make it available to everyone?
that would benefit the people and not a large US company.
Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#8Imagine a world in which they use this computer to model ways to simplify the tax code.
The tax code is complex by design though. They only want those who pay full time financial advisors to find loopholes to find loopholes.
Re: The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer from Nvidia
#9This will not end well. The IRS has tried many times to replace their mainframe systems and failed. So they are upgrading to AI ? I thought Trump was the "save waste" guy. These are finanical systems, they need to add/subtract and multiply/divide lots of transactional data. AI not needed.
> These are finanical systems, they need to add/subtract and multiply/divide lots of transactional data. AI not needed.
The IRS gets 125 million paper forms every year:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/tax-season-irs-digit...
They tried and failed to scan some of them with OCR:
"OCR – This project involved extracting machine-readable data from low-resolution and poor-quality images (both digital and paper) with the capability to integrate them with the IRS’s information technology systems and intake different types of forms and data. The pilot project was discontinued in October 2022 after failing to identify acceptable solutions using the vendor and resources provided. The ED&CMO has no plans to resume this effort at this time."
https://www.tigta.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2023-09/20...
I imagine that a few GB200s would actually help with that effort
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