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We spent $50 to measure Pearl's "AI mining" – 320K GPUs produce zero AI

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We spent $50 to measure Pearl's "AI mining" – 320K GPUs produce zero AI

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Ysecondary_op ·

Tell HN: Pearl's "useful" PoW AI mining is vaporware

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