Oh really? Let's calculate the power usage or billions of devices downloading and serving ads.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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How much would we save if we'd somehow be able to debloat and deshittify the Internet and all devices? Climate impact, overconsumption of unnecessary crap, mental health care...
Well, since when Silicon Valley cared about environment or Global warming? It's all about $ always.
How does it compare to crypto?
Doesn't matter if its geothermal or some renewable
It does because that energy could've been used for other purposes. This is the Jevons paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
I don't really care about other commenters saying that the article doesn't have a reliable enough source. I know that commercial LLMs are terrible resource consumers and since I don't support their development I think they should be legally banned for this very reason.
Worst take in the entire community right now.
You can't ban LLMs at this point, they're too useful, it's impossible to track their use, they could be run anywhere on the globe, and even open source models that you can run locally exist.
The cat is out of the bag as they say.