r/pcmasterrace • u/After_Cookies • 3d ago

News/Article AI was supposed to sell PCs. Instead, PC shipments just crashed 20% as AI eats the world’s RAM, and Windows 11’s Copilot agents aren’t convincing buyers

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/11/ai-was-supposed-to-sell-pcs-instead-pc-shipments-just-crashed-20-as-ai-eats-the-worlds-ram-and-windows-11s-copilot-agents-arent-convincing-buyers/
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u/Ryno4ever16 3d ago

It has made writing software much, much easier. It's allowing us to rewrite games to run natively on PC which opens up modding possibilities. It actually gives people a lot more freedom with computers to make the things they want and to do what they want with them. That freedom technically existed before, but trying to do any of the things I just mentioned would have been a time commitment that was simply too great for the average person. That is no longer the case. It's still a time commitment to do a lot of things, but the barrier to entry is greatly lowered.

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u/Precarious3145 18h ago

So basically, the tech world destroyed every aspect of society and the only benefit is to the tech world? Sounds about right.

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u/Ryno4ever16 14h ago

Software exists in just about every aspect of modern life. It runs your car, your appliances, and your medical equipment. You must not have thought much about this before you said it.

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u/Precarious3145 14h ago

Great, you know what's also part of every aspect of modern life? Art. The things that tech is actively trying to destroy. Guess you didn't think about that, right? Or do you just see every piece of art as just code you can steal.

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u/Ryno4ever16 8h ago

Why are you so antagonistic as if I'm a tech billionaire or something? Humans can and should still make art and I don't support the use of AI for that. I write in my free time.

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u/Precarious3145 8h ago

Doesn't matter if you personally use it to make art or not. If you're using the tech that's built on stolen content such as ChatGPT or Claude, you're ensuring that they survive. All you're doing is convincing yourself that how you use GenAI isn't contributing to the destruction of the art world while normalizing and using the companies that are contributing to the destruction.

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u/Ryno4ever16 3h ago

Go outside man

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u/Precarious3145 3h ago

Aw, is the prompter displeased that society doesn't respect their great accomplishes like your mommy said? Maybe try printing out your claude prompt history highlights and give yourself a gold star. That'll brighten your day.

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u/Ryno4ever16 2h ago

You literally don't even know me and have no reason to be so hostile to a stranger on the internet over an explanation of how AI is beneficial. You're just an asshole.

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u/Precarious3145 2h ago

It's truly fascinating how you started to be "hostile to a stranger on the internet" instantly and then when someone didn't praise you for your inferiority, then you got even more hostile.

You might think I'm an asshole but you're just...pathetic. I can change being an asshole like flipping off a switch while you're just stick being pathetic. It's why you need AI to feel like you've accomplished the bare minimum.

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