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Assunto:  penguins at work..
De:       August Abolins
Data:     Mon, 25 May 2026 06:53:00 -0400
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Hello Maurice!

** On Saturday 23.05.26 - 04:35, you wrote to me:

 >> The last time I checked it is now over 1000CA for the exact same ram

 MK> Errrr ... I just checked and it's now up to 3000CA for the same memory.
 MK> I'm afraid to check for ddr5.

I just realized that I may as well bump up the ram from 8 to 16 (max) for the  
T540p.   Two slots currently occupied with 2x4GB.  2x8GB would be about $55  
to $75.


 MK> Looking back, I did  the right thing at the right time.  Screw AI I say.

Have you heard of:

Empire of AI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
by Karen Hao
Penguin Publishing Group | Penguin Books
Paperback
$28.99 list price
Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Business & Economics / International - Economics & Trade
Published: May 19, 2026
9780593657522

"When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering  
OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit  
with safety enshrined as its core mission, the organization was meant, its  
leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely mercantile,  
and potentially dangerous, forces. What could go wrong?"

"Hao shows through intrepid reporting on the ground around the world, the  
enormous wheels of extraction grind on. By drawing on the viewpoints of  
Silicon Valley engineers, Kenyan data laborers, and Chilean water activists,  
Hao presents the fullest picture of AI and its impact we've seen to date,  
alongside a trenchant analysis of where things are headed. An astonishing  
eyewitness view from both up in the command capsule of the new economy and  
down where the real suffering happens, Empire of AI pierces the veil of the  
industry defining our era."

There is also..

Chip War
The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
Scribner | Scribner
Paperback
$30.00 list price
Political Science / Geopolitics
Computers / Hardware - Chips & Processors
Business & Economics / International - Economics & Trade
Published: Sep 16, 2025
9781982172015

"You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil - the scarce  
resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and  
geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually  
everything - from missiles to microwaves-runs on chips, including cars,  
smartphones, the stock market, even the electric grid. Until recently,  
America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the  
#1 superpower, but America's edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by  
players in Taiwan, Korea, and Europe taking over manufacturing. Now, as Chip  
War reveals, China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is  
pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At  
stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity."

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