• EelBolshevikism [none/use name]
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    28 days ago

    You can host most stuff on a single computer these days but that doesn't take away from any of the philosophical ick

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      28 days ago

      most stuff on a single computer these days

      The massive increase in electricity costs and carbon footprint is just the wide scale "AI" grifts pushed by the corpos that basically have free rein to continue doing so then.

      • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]
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        28 days ago

        yeah the individual cost of anything is going to pale in comparison to the unsustainable wide-scale industrialization of that same thing. especially when it's something as exponentially costly as AI/techshit

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          28 days ago

          That's why I feel a deep groaning dread whenever some bloated tech company announces that its entire upcoming product line or service model is going to be "powered by AI." elmofire