• @CanadaPlus
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    47 months ago

    So can someone explain what an AI factory is, from an engineering perspective? The fact there’s competition to build them suggests it’s not just a marketing term, but I can’t find a clear answer with a quick search.

    • Butterbee (She/Her)
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      117 months ago

      I can only imagine these are just crypto mining farms, but instead of running mining they train ai models

      • @CanadaPlus
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        77 months ago

        I mean, isn’t that just a normal datacenter, then? Those already exist, and Foxconn at least probably owns some.

        • Butterbee (She/Her)
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          77 months ago

          Yes, but probably more video card focused than running the biggest epyc or xeon processors.

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        7 months ago

        Yep, just looked into Dojo. They don’t use the same term at all. -1 to the journalist for making it sound like an industry standard thing.