• Feyd@programming.dev
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    21 hours ago

    Someone using a lightbulb isn’t a hypocrite if they say it is irresponsible to use the resources to power a computer, and someone using the internet isn’t a hypocrite if they say the absurdly higher resource usage of llm inference is irresponsible.

    You can call people hypocrites all day if you pretend that scale isn’t a concept, but you’re obviously wrong.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      No I’m not wrong and it is hypocritical. It is a great point that highlights this issue isn’t about resources. It’s hype and panic pushed to certain groups. Just like any other. I can find the same hypocrisy on the right fot many of their issues