Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
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adding AI into the mix is only making it worse for no reason at all
This is very ignorant/naive take. Imagine how much electricity call-centers with dozens/hundreds of workers use. Now imagine if they all get replaced by AI. Compare electricity usage by AI to that of all work/industries/workers it makes obsolete and then you have a real picture.
You're out here saying that new technology will safe us, just trust and yet claim I'm having a naive approach.
LLMs are not the magic tool to solve everything you think may they are. -
You're out here saying that new technology will safe us, just trust and yet claim I'm having a naive approach.
LLMs are not the magic tool to solve everything you think may they are.I don't know if it will save us or ruin us, neither I think they can do everything. But even at current point they can do a lot, and there are countless types of work they already are capable of automating significantly (for example, something that took 4 hours now can take 30 minutes, or something that took 10 people now can be done with just 2). And that is definitely something that shouldn't be ignored in environmental concerns. Network effect might actually be a huge win in terms of electricity and emissions. In terms of economy though, people should at least get UBI or something similar for this to not turn into a total economic collapse.
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My point is that people shouting that they care about the environment, while being silent on things like beef or flights etc. are being hypocrites. I've seen many people say AI IS BURNING THE PLANNET, when that is simply not true
I doubt it's an honest mistake or simple hypocrisy. You can see that AI is both supposed to be useless and see hugely increased usage. Sure, people can be pretty dumb but this is really heavy.
Well, whatever the reason for this may be... You will certainly not reason these accounts out of posting this stuff with numbers.
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD
I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment.Considering that several companies are planning on using nuclear power to run ai data services, instead of providing power to cities.
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
How is Amazon Using Nuclear to Power AI & Reach Net Zero?
I'm pro-nuclear power, but why not use those reactors and replace fossil fuel sites instead? We don't ai to consume that much power, which in turn requires morec graphite/uranium/thorium mining, which causes direct environmental damage
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD
I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment.Thank you for posting this, I've tried to say the same thing to people quite a few times but to roughly the same reaction as this post has got. Its an entirely emotional reaction, people have convinced themself that AI is bad (arguable) therefore anything bad said about them is true (incorrect).
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD
I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment."ChatGPT could write this post using less energy than your laptop uses over the time you read it."
I think gpt did write the article and it's bragging
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Considering that several companies are planning on using nuclear power to run ai data services, instead of providing power to cities.
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
How is Amazon Using Nuclear to Power AI & Reach Net Zero?
I'm pro-nuclear power, but why not use those reactors and replace fossil fuel sites instead? We don't ai to consume that much power, which in turn requires morec graphite/uranium/thorium mining, which causes direct environmental damage
It's called opportunity cost.
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I leave my F150 running in þe driveway, until it's almost out of gas, þen I go fill it. Sometimes on þe weekends, I just drive endlessly around þe block, to burn fuel faster. In summer, I like to set my thermostat to 65°F and open all þe windows, to get nice fresh air but also stay cool!
It's not bad for þe environment! Why, I account for probably 0.000000000001% of all energy use on Earth, if þat. It's hardly anything. Compared to þe dairy industry, pfft. It's barely a blip.
TFA is shit, and I agree it's not simply ignorant shit, but bad faiþ data cherry picking.
Sorry, pal, thorn hasn't been a þing since Middle English.
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Sorry, pal, thorn hasn't been a þing since Middle English.
You recognize periods correctly, and þat's what I appreciates about you.
No need to apologize, þough; I'm not trying to bring it back.
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD
I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment.The numbers clearly show that discouraging individual people from using chatbots is a pointless distraction for the climate movement
That synopsis would've been better instead of the warning.
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD
I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment.elon is using the fresh aquifer drinking water of the memphis sands aquifer to cool grok. he promised to build a wastewater plant for cooling but he hasn’t. shocked-pikachu.gif
he’s also powering it off of lng turbine generators that are flooding south memphis with air pollution.
please do not use grok.
