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271 points m-hodges | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 1.575s | source
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_heimdall ◴[21 Oct 24 12:44 UTC] No.41903569[source]▶
I'm always surprised when articles and discussions similar to this lead to anything other than the realization of how absurd it is that we have found ourselves investing unimaginable resources into a LLMs while simultaneously claiming that we've ruined the planet and it could be as little as 5 or 6 years from fundamental damage.

Eventually we have to either give up on the hopes of what could come from LLMs with enough investment, or give up on very loud but apparently hollow arguments related to the damage we are causing to the planet.

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1. Ylpertnodi ◴[21 Oct 24 13:20 UTC] No.41903888[source]▶
>give up on very loud but apparently hollow arguments related to the damage we are causing to the planet.

Which 'hollow arguments' are you referring to?

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2. _heimdall ◴[21 Oct 24 13:25 UTC] No.41903923[source]▶
I was referring to climate arguments that we need to reduce our impact to at least mitigate the severity of issues being predicted for the very near future.

I call them apparently hollow in this context because we can't both chase the resource behemoth that is LLM tech and make any meaningful change to reduce our impact.