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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes since you're not the only one doing it. The impact on climate is substantial in both cases and people are absolute hypocrites for not realizing this. You can't come online and shit post all day about AI without realizing you're using services that also contribute to The same if not worse impact

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone using a lightbulb isn't a hypocrite if they say it is irresponsible to use the resources to power a computer, and someone using the internet isn't a hypocrite if they say the absurdly higher resource usage of llm inference is irresponsible.

You can call people hypocrites all day if you pretend that scale isn't a concept, but you're obviously wrong.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No I'm not wrong and it is hypocritical. It is a great point that highlights this issue isn't about resources. It's hype and panic pushed to certain groups. Just like any other. I can find the same hypocrisy on the right fot many of their issues

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Saying you're right over and over again without having a logical reason doesn't make you right lol

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Saying I'm wrong without a logical reason doesn't make you right