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 @xarvh @rhempel True, though I should point out the LLM revolution is slightly unique. They don't need engineering discipline - you just make an OpenAI request. If they move on to something else, it might suck, but it is actually harder to damage the environment through something like a data governance hypefest (unless it's GPU or blockchain powered). These are idle thoughts though, it could still go terribly and I haven't thought on what's next deeply.  @rhempel@0mstdn.ca @xarvh @ludicity > Then the question becomes what to do with all the large, lightless, but well cooled empty buildings. Not the actual point of the original post or your comment, I realize, but my first thought was that if you can add effective air ventilation and filtration (as well as lighting, presumably), these may repurpose as public cooling centers in extreme heat events, which we will have increasing call for from climate change.  @ShaulaEvans @rhempel @xarvh @ludicity half of them into non-AI datacentres, and half of them into house or hostel space |
@rhempel @ludicity I don't give a rat's ass about AI shutting down.
I am worried that all the energy consumed is adding up to the climate collapse.
It's just the most obvious example of how we're destroying the planet to follow the whims of a few charismatic egomaniac assholes.
When the AI bubble pops, the above mentioned assholes will jump on the next hype wagon and find another way to abuse the stupidly large amount of computing power deployed for LLMs and continue to fry the planet to show how visionary they are to their equally idiot peers and sycophants.
Crypto, blockchains, LLMs... The hardware is there, they'll find something.
@rhempel @ludicity I don't give a rat's ass about AI shutting down.
I am worried that all the energy consumed is adding up to the climate collapse.
It's just the most obvious example of how we're destroying the planet to follow the whims of a few charismatic egomaniac assholes.
When the AI bubble pops, the above mentioned assholes will jump on the next hype wagon and find another way to abuse the stupidly large amount of computing power deployed for LLMs and continue to fry the planet to show how...