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[โ€“] tea@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they sell the hardware at a loss, then miners or AI companies would 100% have reason to pick them up to plug into their farms since they would be cheaper than other market alternatives.

The last steam machines were 3rd party and not sold at a loss.

Bitcoin mining needs ASICs, and real AI needs massive, high-VRAM GPUs. This is a gaming PC with mid-range parts.