Creator signüll argues compute is the new oil, while roon counters that it is coal
The exchange sparked online debate over GPU infrastructure valuation.
Many users agreed that compute is the new oil while others rejected the claim over fears of elite control and restricted freedoms or by dismissing the terminology as jargon.
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@tszzl @signulll

@Robin_Hood1555 elon & spacex if executed well.

@signulll this statement (and others) got me banned from hackernews in 2024

@signulll Who's the new Rockefeller & will it become standard?

@signulll Yes

@tszzl @signulll Venkat literally just dropped an article comparing LLMs to coal. lmfaooo https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/commodity-intelligence

@signulll Copperinu dejavu

@signulll yeah.>> it’s

@DylanMAlexander @signulll BlueChip is what we stay cookin

@signulll AI models are the engines. Compute is the fuel.

@signulll compute is the new currency.

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@signulll yes

It's the transition for me - from oil is the new oil, to data is the new oil, and now it's compute. Two years ago, everyone was talking about how companies with proprietary data would own the game, now that conversation is largely mutted, the emphasis now is on who has compute to actually train and serve models at scale
Coreweave (the neocloud provider) is doubling revenues annually, and Elon has a US$15bn annual contract with Anthropic for compute.
Compute is gradually becoming the differentiator.

@signulll it actually is

@signulll Are you sure?

@signulll Bluechip is the new oil.