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what’s the energy expense of training GPT-3? It should be very high. Eager to know the upside of such models. Environmental and social impacts of tech are bec
by TnkBldr 6y ago
what’s the energy expense of training GPT-3? It should be very high. Eager to know the upside of such models. Environmental and social impacts of tech are becoming more direct and mainstream in today’s world!
- Baetylraig7 6y agoHow exactly is the environmental impact of tech becoming more "direct and mainstream" [citation needed]? Data centers around the world account only for a tiny fraction of electricity consumption or carbon emissions. Do you even account for the reduced car and air travel due to remote working and online shopping? How are advanced few-shot learners like GPT-3 even remotely a problem, training less models is somehow worse? Do they even know what they are taking about? Its all very confusing, but a lot of the work done by grievance studies becomes immediately easier to understand once you realize they are arguing in bad faith.