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ChatGPT consumes 25 times more energy than Google (www.brusselstimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
  1. They are just toys basically
  2. Local LLMs are not that bad. Of course they're 100x less efficient than a native calculator or search engine but very few % of people use them and tracking will probably use even more energy so it's not that big of a deal. I don't have much against research of AI so training is quite justified too (in terms of energy, not using data without permission). It's only large commercial cloud-based solutions with enormous infrastructures that should probably be banned
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

  1. No they aren't. They're saving me multiple hours a week at my job. They're a productivity multiplier for many tasks even in their current early state.

  2. If you don't think every single cellphone manufacturer isn't trying to jam a local model into their newest devices, I've got a bridge to sell you.