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kane_magus) wrote2023-04-12 12:31 pm
kane_magus) wrote2023-04-12 12:31 pm
Entry tags:
"The mounting human and environmental costs of generative AI"
"Op-ed: Planetary impacts, escalating financial costs, and labor exploitation all factor."
See also: "'Thirsty' AI: Training ChatGPT Required Enough Water to Fill a Nuclear Reactor's Cooling Tower, Study Finds"
If there are reasons to slow down on all the crazy fast AI development we've been seeing lately, these would be the ones, rather than any arcane, esoteric, (and, frankly, ludicrous) "the AI is too real" or "humanity isn't ready" reasons that I've seen other people putting forward. Granted, this stuff applies to crypto/blockchain/NFT bullshit just as much as (if not even more than) AI development, but still. Hell, they're good reasons to pause and take a critical look at any similar technology.
See also: "'Thirsty' AI: Training ChatGPT Required Enough Water to Fill a Nuclear Reactor's Cooling Tower, Study Finds"
If there are reasons to slow down on all the crazy fast AI development we've been seeing lately, these would be the ones, rather than any arcane, esoteric, (and, frankly, ludicrous) "the AI is too real" or "humanity isn't ready" reasons that I've seen other people putting forward. Granted, this stuff applies to crypto/blockchain/NFT bullshit just as much as (if not even more than) AI development, but still. Hell, they're good reasons to pause and take a critical look at any similar technology.