AI Marketing Outpaces Practical Uses in Consumer Tech

AI is being heavily marketed by tech companies, but practical uses in consumer devices are still limited. The best current use is improved background blur in webcams.

Dedicated AI accelerators are being added to PCs, but apps that can leverage them don't really exist yet.

Nvidia has done the best job so far marrying software and hardware for AI, with features like broadcast and DLSS.

We need more apps that can take advantage of AI accelerators in PCs before their inclusion is truly justified.

For now, you don't need a dedicated AI accelerator for most real-world use cases. This may change in the future as more software supports it.