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The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble (www.latimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, the early Internet didn't require 5 tons of coal be burned just to give you a made up answer to your query. This bubble is Pets.com only it is also murdering the rainforest while still be completely useless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Estimates for chatgpt usage per query are on the order of 20-50 Wh, which is about the same as playing a demanding game on a gaming pc for a few minutes. Local models are significantly less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Can you imagine all the troll farms automatically using all this power