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Chee_Koala

@gerrymcgovern So they do, what of it? Did they steal the power? Did they force anyone to use it? What's the message here: new technologies not as efficient as older technologies?

How would you specifically target AI to enforce lower power use?

Am I gonna have to explain to my electric company why I game on a cool PC or sometimes use an electric space heater?

13 May at 14:39 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Joel Falcou, Ph. D

@Chee_Koala @gerrymcgovern the ratio of energy used vs net result is horrendous.

AI is a pile of statistics bullshit that techbros don't understand and yet hype as the solution to inexistant problem.

Banning AI is a net win for everyone.

13 May at 17:07 | Open on mastodon.social
2xfo

@joel_falcou @Chee_Koala @gerrymcgovern

I tried to do some math to put this into terms people might actually grok

Bringing 10 grams of water from room temperature to vapor takes about 70 watt hours. So, every question you ask chatGPT is equivalent to leaving an old lamp on for an hour, or using a hair drier for about 3 minutes.

13 May at 19:51 | Open on infosec.exchange
Gerry McGovern

@Chee_Koala
We are in the beginning of a global environmental collapse driven by the massive overconsumption of energy and materials causing the degradation of water, soil, air, biodiversity, and along comes AI with massive new energy and material demands. That's the so what. We're devouring our environment. To have any hope of avoiding catastrophic environmental collapse, we must massively reduce our energy and materials consumption. We must prioritize things that are truly useful.

13 May at 17:41 | Open on mastodon.green
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