Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

What do you think will be the long-term effects of DeepSeek?

I’m hoping that it would force Dell and other companies to focus on meaningful innovation rather than relying on hype and cuts/cheap labor/short-term profits. Competition could increase the value of our work. It could also possibly make the work more interesting, as it would focus on creating products and outcomes we can feel a sense of accomplishment about. I may be naive, but I see this as one of the ways all this may play out.

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You might want to check out Jevons paradox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox#:~:text=In%20economics%2C%20the%20Jevons%20paradox,due%20to%20the%20Jevons%20paradox.

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Post ID: @h6+1jjqss7me

Deepseek's big innovation is demonstrating that useful ai doesn't need multi billion $ data centers.

It will help us sell XE servers to a broader set of customers sooner. It will slow sales growth to mega accounts, but those guys would eventually go straight to ODMs anyway.

I wonder if it will end up speeding up ai PC adoption.

My theory is ai is slowing hiring already. That is why the mythical PC refresh isn't happening. Companies that distribute PCs to each employee don't have the same number of employees they had 4 years ago. Companies are shifting IT spend from PCs to servers

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Post ID: @cf+1jjqss7me

maybe we can fix data domain

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Post ID: @c0+1jjqss7me

Bwahahahaha. Dell. Innovation. Dell…. Bwahahaha

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Post ID: @am+1jjqss7me

"cuts/cheap labor/short-term profits"

That's a publicly traded company in a nutshell. There's a reason why stock prices go up when companies announce layoffs. That's all they care about.

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Post ID: @a4+1jjqss7me

Dell is not an AI player.
It's just a buzzword JC and MD hijacked to make them sound relevant.

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