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But according to the author, apparently bringing this up isn't helpful criticism. I'm curious what peoples thoughts are of what the future of LLMs would be lik

• simonw 2y ago
  It's helpful criticism as part of the conversation. What frustrates me is when people go "LLMs are burning the planet!" and leave it at that.
  • agentultra 2y ago
    It is a rather contrasting opinion that the trade-offs to have AI aren’t worth the value they bring. The growth in this technology isn’t outpacing car pollution and O&G extraction… yet, but the growth rate has been enough in recent years to put it on the radar of industries to watch out for. I hope the compute efficiencies are rapid and more than commensurate with the rate of growth so that we can make progress on our climate targets. However it seems unlikely to me. It’s been a year of progress for the tech… but also a lot of setbacks for the rest of the world. I’m fairly certain we don’t need AGI to tell us how to cope with the climate crisis; we already have the answer for that. Although if the industry does continue to grow and the efficiency gains aren’t enough… will society/investors be willing to scale back growth in order to meet climate targets (assuming that AI becomes a large enough segment of global emissions to warrant reductions)? Interesting times for the field.