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DeepSeek might not be such good news for energy after all (archive.today)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Overall, when tested on 40 prompts, DeepSeek was found to have a similar energy efficiency to the Meta model, but DeepSeek tended to generate much longer responses and therefore was found to use 87% more energy.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The FUD is hilarious. Even an llm would tell you the article compares apples and oranges... FFS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You might think this is apples and oranges, but I think it's just another dimension: whether it's better to have quality and bountiful output, or if such gains are eclipsed by the far wider appeal and adoption of such technologies. Just like how the cotton gin's massive efficiency and yield increase in turning harvested cotton into clothing filling skyrocketed the harvesting of cotton.