How We Got to AI · Part 1
The Future Was Sitting on a Pallet
In the late 1990s, a computer warehouse opened across the street from where I worked in Las Vegas.
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From graphics cards on a warehouse pallet to three Xboxes in one family room, follow the games, people, and hardware behind modern AI.
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The Raid Started at Nine
People had jobs. People had kids. You went to work, came home, put your children to bed, and then logged in to try to kill something enormous with a bunch of other people who also had to work in the morning.
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In Our House, You Built Two
That was something you had to remember when you started pricing the perfect computer. The motherboard you wanted. The processor. Plenty of memory. A power supply you trusted to run everything you were putting inside the case.
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Three Screens One Room
Three Xboxes, three screens, and years of family gaming. The machines that brought us together became part of a much bigger story about AI, art, and the people we love.
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