There are links all over that post to actual sources.
And yes, it's all based on a lot of guesswork because LLM companies aren't disclosing details. But I haven't seen any estimates that are orders of magnitude higher. So at best the climate argument is inconclusive.
And yes, it's all based on a lot of guesswork because LLM companies aren't disclosing details. But I haven't seen any estimates that are orders of magnitude higher. So at best the climate argument is inconclusive.
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Conclusive evidence is always elusive, and those who stress that an argument or evidence is "inconclusive" appeal to that intuition in hopes that this will settle things. I don't think it does (on multiple fronts):
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-sam-altman-be-trusted-with-the-future
That's independent of the climate argument though.
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