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The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble (www.latimes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by grid11@lemy.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is there a "young man yells at clouds meme" here?

"Yes, you're very clever calling out the hype train. Oooh, what a smart boy you are!" Until the dust settles...

Lemmy sounds like my grandma in 1998, "Pushah. This 'internet' is just a fad.'"

[–] FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The difference is that the Internet is actually useful.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the early Internet didn't require 5 tons of coal be burned just to give you a made up answer to your query. This bubble is Pets.com only it is also murdering the rainforest while still be completely useless.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Estimates for chatgpt usage per query are on the order of 20-50 Wh, which is about the same as playing a demanding game on a gaming pc for a few minutes. Local models are significantly less.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Can you imagine all the troll farms automatically using all this power