Generative AI is melting our only planet.
Don’t use it.
ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google.
And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI.
This is not sustainable.
Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.
Don’t use it.
ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google.
And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI.
This is not sustainable.
Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.
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Guys stop giving Google money.
Others web searches exist
Please. Just stop.
Training uses lots of energy, usage doesn't use the same amount.
Train once , use many times.
LlLM is not efficient compared to normal code but not as bad as that
Stop using AI. There’s dozens of reasons not to use it in its current state. And almost none to use it.
Did you think new models pop into existence out of nowhere?
There are companies behind the stealing of data to train those.
OpenAI is working on their 5th iteration of ChatGPT. And that’s not even counting the retraining they are giving every now and then on old models.
Technology might seem intrinsically tied to capitalism but it isn't.
Wasting nuclear power on the tech equivalent of leaded gasoline is not responsible. Doubly so when those reactors would be run by capitalist companies who do everything they can to cut corners and save pennies, including shirk safety.
lotta emitting plants that were meant to be or stay shuttered were reopened to power ai datacenters
FUCK generative AI
https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/energy/bitcoin-electricity-consumption-comparable-to-that-of-poland/