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"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Almost all of our training was done without requiring burning fossil fuels. So maybe ole Sammy can put the brakes on his shit until it’s as fuel efficient as a human brain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Food production and transport is famously a zero emission industry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We’ve been around for hundreds of thousands of years as homosapiens. Food production and transport emissions were practically 0% until the last 100 years. So, yes, that’s right.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

While that is true, a lot of death and suffering was required for us to reach this point as a species. Machines don't need the wars and natural selection required to achieve the same feats, and don't have our same limitations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

They are nowhere NEAR achieving the same feats as humans.