(side note, the 7900XTX is 24GB and 9070XT is 16GB, but you can still do some decent work with them. Ryzen AI+ 395 Max is sold in configs up to 128GB for less than the price of a 5090, making it potentially a better deal, depending on your needs)

You really need/want a pseudo-modern dGPU with 32GB VRAM or higher to do anything. Just because you can sort of run an LLM on an old 8GB NV card doesn't mean that you'll get much done that way. AMD is not going to prioritize older hardware when all the money is on newer cards.

You can run a local instance very well on a 7900XTX, 9070XT, or 395+ and do very well. Many people already do, without particular difficulty.

AMD made a major stock deal to pick up Xilinx in 2022. They're more than happy to fritter away shares of stock that were nearly worthless 10 years ago.

AMD is actually moving a lot of MI-series hardware, and they would continue to do so without this OpenAI deal. They aren't in any trouble.

Next time read the supported hardware list. This reads like an ad for NV based on tropes from a decade ago.

Exactly. Gdp growth doesn't happen in a vacuum. Some other sector would be absorbing some or all of that spending.

Facebook is old news. Teenagers don't use it much anymore. But there is a lot of bullying on newer social media platforms (and there was on Facebook back in the day). Social media isn't a safe haven.

lol "containt" what a typo

It can contain nanoplastics.

Oh don't worry. Someday everyone will try to switch to CNTs and derivatives, and those might shed too!

In the United States?

It isn't any different.

The stock market and derivatives can actually drive real economic activity. Gambling does not. Not really sure about forex, it's weird.

Umm

Sports book was illegal outside of Vegas and maybe Atlantic City for the longest time. It only recently became legal.

Actually things DID change: the addiction problems in BC got a lot worse.