The cost of simply retrieving an answer from the Web is infinitely smaller than the cost of generating a new one.

Great interview with Sasha Luccioni from Huggingface on all the ways that using generative AI for everything is both a) hugely costly compared to existing methods, and b) insane.

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But bill gates says not to worry about it, because ai will solve the climate disaster it's creating. -_-

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He was also claiming AI would destroy us a few years ago. (Not talking about climate, skynet style)

    Side note: listening to him is as bad as listening to a celebrity.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    All we gotta do is ask chatgpt how to fix it. Ezpz

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tech could save us, but not AI. The tech that could isn't profitable enough to do so, though, so it's not happening. And it's not like oil corp. shareholders & execs are gonna accept a pay cut so that their subsidies could be redirected to more ecologically sustainable tech. Nope, we live in capitalist hell. At least, until we don't.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I'm cheered that we now have so much wind and solar wanting to come online that it's straining grid interconnects so countries (US and NL for example) suddenly have to spend a bundle on infra so that the power can get across continents to where it's needed

    this is a very cool problem to have: oh no! we have too much new clean energy!

    it may not be sufficient, but it's an excellent start

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  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nope it isn't. You blame AI companies for pollution they didn't generate. Blame the energy sector.

    Why the hell aren't we using mix of nuclear and renewables in this day and age is beyond me

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    holy shit your post history of full of takes this bad, that's an impressive track record of dim. must be exhausting

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    oh wow there’s some literal “it’s not a nazi unless it’s an old dead German” shit in there, they’re that kind of fash debatebro

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    yeah, they don't teach much about fascist atrocities in ethiopia, and then people feel compelled to defend the good name of the boys in the black shirts because the poor dupes didn't build the concentration camps – just were allied to the builders.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And yet, my opponents in discussion failed to provide good counterarguments. You aren't going to convince me of anything by hating my post history

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    And yet, my opponents in discussion

    good gods you're going to be the most insufferable kind of person, aren't you

    You aren't going to convince me of anything

    this was a bit of a given

    bet you also think the climate cost of cryptocurrency is also a failing of the energy sector to deliver clean power to the innocent sweet little industrial-scale mining tycoons, don't you

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nope it isn’t. You blame AI companies for pollution they didn’t generate. Blame the energy sector.

    don't talk about providing good counterarguments, please

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What, you want to tell me I'm somehow obligated to exactly know where and how every service I use is produced?

    Talk about a horrible take.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it's not “hating your post history”, it's just realisation that you're a shitty debatelord and talking to you is waste of time.

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  • [+] -12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    And yet you're talking to me... To prove some point perhaps? Feel free to ignore or block me if you don't like my posts.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    nie, ja tylko ostrzegam, że wylecisz stąd na kopach, misiu kolorowy. lepiej ci będzie na wykopie.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i wanted to know how did you know, then i looked up his comment history on kbin and i wish i didn't (he extruded three more comments before he clocked that he's banned)

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    a hunch, really: i've met the type and had my suspicions, and then i've found that he posted the link about polish antitrust & consumer protection watchdog fining paypal, which is generally niche outside poland.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    misiu kolorowy

    huh, first time I run across this (although admittedly my polish is dangerously-seat-of-pants)

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    long, boring explanation follows

    spoiler

    there's an informal mode of address that conveys the (one-sided, frequently) sense of familiarity, which goes [2nd person singular] [noun in vocative case] [adjective referring to the noun], like panie szanowny (lit. esteemed sir, but the inversion from the adj + noun to noun + adj signals different mode; so “szanowny panie” is formal, “panie szanowny” is shortening distance or expressing annoyance); it can be used, and frequently is, as a phrase that's a personal affectation (e.g. “królu złoty!”, literally “golden majesty”). the affectation is usually rather annoying.

    on the other hand “misiu” (vocative case of diminutive word for “bear” or “bear cub” or “teddy bear”) is a common word of endearment.

    so “misiu kolorowy” is a bit of a wordplay on both, and should generally convey serious lack of respect and clear annoyance. (i'm guilty of using this from time to time since the times of polish usenet.)

    there's an added bonus in that there was a popular child series “miś colargol”, the pronunciation of “colargol” and “kolorowy” are pleasantly alliterative. (now this really shows my age….)


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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that's a much deeper (and thoroughly detailed) explanation than I expected, much thanks :)

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