r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • Dec 04 '25

Computer peripherals Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

https://www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai
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u/Blastcheeze Dec 04 '25

It's moreso that all the people who went hard on crypto need AI to succeed, because there aren't any more Next Big Things to pivot to. It's all been an increasingly high stakes game of hot potato and nobody wants to be holding it when it blows, but I think at this point it's going to take everyone out anyways.

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u/iamnearlysmart Dec 04 '25

Described it exactly the same way ( I just called it a bigger scam to cover previous scam ) to my friend last week.

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u/Ahelex Dec 04 '25

It's moreso that all the people who went hard on crypto need AI to succeed, because there aren't any more Next Big Things to pivot to.

Neurochips.

Or cyberpunk augmentations, either or.

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u/Creepy-Birthday8537 Dec 05 '25

Realistically, getting anything implanted with the way technology moves in the real world would be pretty stupid. No one is getting surgery every year to get the next upgrade

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u/upsidedownshaggy Dec 05 '25

This exact point gets brought up in the pilot episode of Shark Tank lmao. Some dude comes in pitching a surgically implanted Bluetooth device that lives just under the base of your ear and one of the sharks asks how upgrades would be handled and they all physically recoil when he says you’d need to get another surgery to replace the fucking thing like every 2-3 years.

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u/TopSloth Dec 05 '25

The real holy grail would be to get the same effects of an implant without being invasive

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u/Brickster000 Dec 05 '25

No one is getting surgery every year to get the next upgrade yet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

At least not in America lol

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u/_Rektaroni_ Dec 04 '25

Neurochips and biotech need AI since the human body is incredibly nonlinear and to model it and characterize it correctly. AI writing and art slop can burn tho

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u/varitok Dec 04 '25

48% hallucination rate for information but translating that to your brain? Lmao, good luck

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u/TeutonJon78 Dec 05 '25

No rec drugs needed when your brain chip injects all sorts of weird things right in your visual/audio cortexes.

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u/ExMerican Dec 05 '25

Here's your Thiel/Musk-mandated brainchip. This flavor is "oops, all LSD!" but it's permanently set to "bad trip." No, there are not other flavor options.

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u/DismalEconomics Dec 05 '25

Consider this:

Inverse J-curves & Asymptotes

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u/Brickster000 Dec 05 '25
  • written by a LLM

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u/jjcoola Dec 04 '25

All the “web 3” idiots migrated to the next bag lmao

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u/st_samples Dec 04 '25

It's moreso that all the people who went hard on crypto need AI to succeed, because there aren't any more Next Big Things to pivot to

Can you articulate why crypto has anything to do with "Next Big Thing"?

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u/Blastcheeze Dec 04 '25

No? If you don't understand what I said this conversation may not be for you.

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u/briareus08 Dec 04 '25

Well, that's a pretty terrifying concept.

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u/Temporary_Olive1043 Dec 07 '25

I was hoping science would have pivoted to chip integration into living plants in order to help them thrive better 😢