LLMs are tools. They’re not replacements for human creativity. They are not reliable sources of truth. They are interesting tools and toys that you can play with.
Yes, more or less. But the issue is not about running local models; that’s fine even if it’s only for curiosity. The issue is about shoving so-called AI in every activity with the promise it will solve most of your everyday problems, or for mere entertainment. I’m not against “AI”, I’m against the current commercialization attempts to monopolize the technology by already huge companies that will only seek profit, no matter the state of the planet and the other non-millionaire people. And this is exactly why even a bubble burst is concerning to me, as the poor are the ones that will truly suffer the consequences of billionaires betting in their mansions with their spare palaces.
The actual problem is the capitalist system of relations. If it’s not AI, then it’s bitcoin mining, NFTs, or what have you. The AI itself is just a technology, and if it didn’t exist, capitalism would find something else to shove down your throat.
And if you think about the fact that this AI bubble is going to be a massive collapse and crash the finances of America and cause a massive regression in conservative policy and a massive progression of liberal policy, (since the playbook has always been for the conservatives to hand the reins over to the liberals until they fix the financial system of America when the conservatives break it), then it’s actually a good thing. We’re just in its bad phase.
I expect it’s a bubble that will burst. Climate change is no joke and only very stubborn people keeps denying it. AI is not like the massive use of combustion-based energy. That was strike two.
If you can’t rely on them more (not ‘just as much,’ more) than the people who would do whatever the task is, you can’t use them for any important task, and you aren’t going to find a lot of tasks which are simultaneously necessary and yet unimportant enough that we can tolerate rolling nat 1s on the probability machine all the time.
They have solar panels those neither use water nor produce co2/ch4, they can train the AI (the energy-intensive part)
Then you download the AI from the internet and can use it 100000x and it will use less energy than a washing machine, and neither consume water nor produce co2/ch4
That’s only because they’re implemented haphazardly to save as much as possible and produce as fast as possible and basically cut any possible corner
And that’s only caused by the leadership of these companies. AI in general is okay. LLM’s are meh but I don’t specifically see the LLM concept as the devil the same way shovels weren’t the devil during the gold rush.
LLMs are tools. They’re not replacements for human creativity. They are not reliable sources of truth. They are interesting tools and toys that you can play with.
So have fun and play with them.
See, it’s not fun for the planet.
Locally run models use a fraction of the energy. Less than playing a game with heavy graphics.
Online models probably use even less than local ones, since they will likely be better optimized, and run on dedicated hardware.
Yes, more or less. But the issue is not about running local models; that’s fine even if it’s only for curiosity. The issue is about shoving so-called AI in every activity with the promise it will solve most of your everyday problems, or for mere entertainment. I’m not against “AI”, I’m against the current commercialization attempts to monopolize the technology by already huge companies that will only seek profit, no matter the state of the planet and the other non-millionaire people. And this is exactly why even a bubble burst is concerning to me, as the poor are the ones that will truly suffer the consequences of billionaires betting in their mansions with their spare palaces.
The actual problem is the capitalist system of relations. If it’s not AI, then it’s bitcoin mining, NFTs, or what have you. The AI itself is just a technology, and if it didn’t exist, capitalism would find something else to shove down your throat.
Neither are most of human endeavors.
And if you think about the fact that this AI bubble is going to be a massive collapse and crash the finances of America and cause a massive regression in conservative policy and a massive progression of liberal policy, (since the playbook has always been for the conservatives to hand the reins over to the liberals until they fix the financial system of America when the conservatives break it), then it’s actually a good thing. We’re just in its bad phase.
I expect it’s a bubble that will burst. Climate change is no joke and only very stubborn people keeps denying it. AI is not like the massive use of combustion-based energy. That was strike two.
Mostly just toys.
If you can’t rely on them more (not ‘just as much,’ more) than the people who would do whatever the task is, you can’t use them for any important task, and you aren’t going to find a lot of tasks which are simultaneously necessary and yet unimportant enough that we can tolerate rolling nat 1s on the probability machine all the time.
LLMs consume vast amounts of energy and freash water and release lots of carbon. That is enough for me to not want to “play” with them.
I have a solution its called china
They have solar panels those neither use water nor produce co2/ch4, they can train the AI (the energy-intensive part)
Then you download the AI from the internet and can use it 100000x and it will use less energy than a washing machine, and neither consume water nor produce co2/ch4
That’s only because they’re implemented haphazardly to save as much as possible and produce as fast as possible and basically cut any possible corner
And that’s only caused by the leadership of these companies. AI in general is okay. LLM’s are meh but I don’t specifically see the LLM concept as the devil the same way shovels weren’t the devil during the gold rush.
Well-said. LLMs do have some useful applications, but they cannot replace human creativity nor are they omniscient.