Recent thoughts on AI use

Yes, it's another post on AI. Whilst, I don't write too many posts on it myself (I wrote around 7,000 words on it for a journal instead) you've probably come across countless posts on it elsewhere. I was planning to write something about it following the announcement that the Steam Deck was going up by around £200! What was once the go-to suggestion for a PC handheld ("just get a Steam Deck") is now a tougher sell. The reason for the increase is due to the continuing RAMageddon thanks in large part to AI companies swallowing up all as much RAM and storage as possible. It only takes a basic awareness of supply and demand economics to understand how a decrease in available supply alongside an increase in demand pushes up prices. There are other political factors as well, as a result of the US shooting itself in the face repeatedly with a shotgun and the rest of the world being hit by the excess shot. Anyway, with these two factors, tech of all kinds (and videogames are no exception) are…