• Beppe_VAL@feddit.it
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    Even Sam Altman acknowledged last year the huge amount of energy needed by chatgpt, and the need for a breakthrough in energy breakthrough…

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      Do you hold Sam Altman’s opinion higher than the reasoning here? In general or just on this particular take?

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        What would Altman gain from overstating the environmental impact of his own company?

        What if power consumption is not so much limited by the software’s appetite, but rather by the hardware’s capabilities?

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          What would Altman gain from overstating the environmental impact of his own company?

          You should consider the possibility that CEOs of big companies essentially always think very hard about how to talk about everything so that it always benefits them

          I can see the benefits, I can try to explain if you’re actually interested

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            1 day ago

            What weighs more: the cost of taking people at their word, or the effort it takes to interpret the subtext of every interaction?