• Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    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?