Inference really doesn't need that much power. I live on solar and run
decently large models on my own equipment.
--Stephen
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 08:27:10AM +0100, Jonas Bechtel wrote:
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> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:08:54 +1000
> David <curmudgeon@telaman.net.au> wrote
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> > It's just a tool, like a hammer.
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> > It's not the tool, it's the personality who picks it up who determines
> > usage.
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> It's not that easy. Two points here:
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> 1. This "AI" has lots of implications, on society, on balance of power, etc.. Yes, this may have been valid for any technologic revolution (Printing, Steel, ...), but it also means that personality just has limited influence, so your sentence is wrong.
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> Much more aspects can be found in this paper of misc hypothesis (only in German unfortunately):
> https://www.kimege.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/KIMeGe_Thesenpapier.pdf
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> 2. Easyly forgotten, even in the KIMeGe_Thesenpapier.pdf: "AI" techniques like LLM or image generation consume lots of energy and hardware. It is questionable whether these applications will be sustainable. I believe that most "AI" applications will cease because of unstable electronic supply chains and fights for energy.
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