AI Made Everything Expensive (ft. GamersNexus)

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In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about how demand for AI GPUs helped the RAM cartel make every single consumer electronic more expensive, and how bad it’ll be when things unwind. Save $10 off a year of my premium ...

Highlights

In this episode, Ed Zitron and Steve Burke of GamersNexus dissect how the AI boom is distorting the memory and GPU markets, leading to skyrocketing prices for consumers. They explore the role of a small group of manufacturers in creating a 'RAM cartel' and the potential fallout when the AI bubble deflates.

17:38

A $200 kit now costs $1,000-$1,200

20:24

Memory prices have skyrocketed, driven by AI demand

35:31

Prices will never return to last year's levels.

56:34

NVIDIA is both a kingmaker and potential king loser

Chapters

Why Your RAM Costs a Fortune: The AI Data Center Squeeze

00:00

The RAM Cartel Strikes Again: Price Fixing and the $1,000 Memory Kit

20:24

From SSDs to GPUs: How the AI Bubble is Making Everything More Expensive

35:31

The Coming Crash: What Happens When the AI Demand Bubble Bursts?

50:44

Transcript

Steve Burke: This is an iHeart Podcast. Ed Zitron: Guaranteed human. Run a business and not thinking about podcasting? Think again. More Americans listen to podcasts than ad-supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcast...