The people who pollute our world with excessive emissions from private jets will pollute, whether either of us take shorter showers or not.
The solution for excessive emissions is not to pressure ourselves into saving a litre of water at a personal level, because LLM datacentres consume megalitres per day.
If any of us feel better saving some water at a personal level, that is still a good thing.
But we should go beyond that. Go for the throat. Put pressure where it matters and effect change that makes a significant difference.
It was always the case that AI would be free or cheap to begin with, and it was always the case that prices will have to rise to cover their costs.
The way now is to cancel subscriptions. Show the companies pushing AI that there is no money to be made in it. Find another service that fits your needs, your ethical minimum, and your budget.
Cancel Google services, even the free ones, and find an alternative you truly like.
I should hope that this is not an unpopular opinion. But I'm not sure that it isn't, either.
A detailed view on any topic, to see the gap in between extremes and the capacity to remember that two things can be true at the same time, is of the essence if we are to have meaningful discussion. And it is forgotten all too often in popular media, social or news.
All things considered our species is doing relatively well. Having the ability to assign purpose and use tools does cause us to get stuck in a stupid rut all too often, though.
I can't fathom why a person would willingly use corpospeak. I can't imagine anyone actually likes to speak that way.
I would invite the reader to always call it out when it occurs, and call for all involved parties to speak plain.
There seems to be some kind of difference in the meaning of "political".
I offer the definition from the Oxford Dictionary:
adjective
relating to the government or public affairs of a country.
The idea that everyone deserves healthcare is itself political, it pertains to how a country should be run. It is also not a universal view; many people disagree that people do in fact deserve healthcare.
Luigi Mangione's act was indeed very political. It is an eruption of the view that all people in the USA deserve healthcare and that the private system is depriving people of this right.
We must remember that data centres don't consume energy on their own!
If your view is that large amounts of energy being spent on "AI" usage is unwise, and that its wasteful application should stop, talk about it! Be visible, be clear.
I'd like to address this view.
In truth this opinion isn't about showers at all.
The people who pollute our world with excessive emissions from private jets will pollute, whether either of us take shorter showers or not.
The solution for excessive emissions is not to pressure ourselves into saving a litre of water at a personal level, because LLM datacentres consume megalitres per day.
If any of us feel better saving some water at a personal level, that is still a good thing.
But we should go beyond that. Go for the throat. Put pressure where it matters and effect change that makes a significant difference.
I chuckled. Thank you.
Joctopril, novel ACE inhibitor, new and improved!
Very tempting. I just might do the same.
And that was only a fruit fly brain! Human brain still hasn't been mapped.
It was always the case that AI would be free or cheap to begin with, and it was always the case that prices will have to rise to cover their costs.
The way now is to cancel subscriptions. Show the companies pushing AI that there is no money to be made in it. Find another service that fits your needs, your ethical minimum, and your budget.
Cancel Google services, even the free ones, and find an alternative you truly like.
I should hope that this is not an unpopular opinion. But I'm not sure that it isn't, either.
A detailed view on any topic, to see the gap in between extremes and the capacity to remember that two things can be true at the same time, is of the essence if we are to have meaningful discussion. And it is forgotten all too often in popular media, social or news.
Likewise. It is encouraging to see discussion on the topic.
It will be useful to encourage more structured and public discussion to allow wider change to occur.
All things considered our species is doing relatively well. Having the ability to assign purpose and use tools does cause us to get stuck in a stupid rut all too often, though.
I can't fathom why a person would willingly use corpospeak. I can't imagine anyone actually likes to speak that way.
I would invite the reader to always call it out when it occurs, and call for all involved parties to speak plain.
There seems to be some kind of difference in the meaning of "political".
I offer the definition from the Oxford Dictionary:
The idea that everyone deserves healthcare is itself political, it pertains to how a country should be run. It is also not a universal view; many people disagree that people do in fact deserve healthcare.
Luigi Mangione's act was indeed very political. It is an eruption of the view that all people in the USA deserve healthcare and that the private system is depriving people of this right.
We must remember that data centres don't consume energy on their own!
If your view is that large amounts of energy being spent on "AI" usage is unwise, and that its wasteful application should stop, talk about it! Be visible, be clear.
Don't let the current momentum stand.
I agree with you. Perhaps more insistent messaging would be useful. A pin, maybe?