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Generative AI is a climate disaster (techwontsave.us)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The cost of simply retrieving an answer from the Web is infinitely smaller than the cost of generating a new one.

Great interview with Sasha Luccioni from Huggingface on all the ways that using generative AI for everything is both a) hugely costly compared to existing methods, and b) insane.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

that's a much deeper (and thoroughly detailed) explanation than I expected, much thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's when you want to say "kurwo jebana" but in a more polite, sophisticated way.

Think "bless your heart".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

yeah I got that from the explanation flere gave :)

Think “bless your heart”.

most polish (as in character/style) translation I've seen today