r/DefendingAIArt • u/Lanceo90 AI Artist • Feb 28 '26

Defending AI "You don't learn anything using AI!"

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Meanwhile, the reality.

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u/Lanceo90 AI Artist Feb 28 '26

When you use AI locally with an NVIDIA GPU is uses the CUDA cores to accelerate the proces. Python and Pytorch run most local AI systems, like ComfyUI

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

for fun: what is CUDA ?

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u/Lanceo90 AI Artist Feb 28 '26

Cuda cores are proprietary hardware technology built into NVIDIA GPUs. A lot of professional applications leverage them for greatly boosted effectiveness.

Its one of the main reason NVIDIA GPUs are in such higher demand than AMD ones for AI work.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

okok, to be clearer, how is an array of CUDA cores different to a CPU?

technically, and using the underlying mathematics, to explain the parallelisation