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I think it's harsh to start the accounting so soon after the breakthrough. Yes, of course AI uses a lot of energy. But we have to give it a bit of time to see
by lordnacho 1y ago
I think it's harsh to start the accounting so soon after the breakthrough.
Yes, of course AI uses a lot of energy. But we have to give it a bit of time to see if there are benefits that come with this cost. I think there will be. Whether the tradeoff was worthwhile, I think we are not even close to being able to conclude.
Something like social media, which has a good long while behind it, I could accept if you started to close the book on the plus-minus.
- jebarker 1y agoYou can't have it both ways, i.e. deploy the technology as rapidly and widely as possible but then say you have to wait to do any accounting of the pros/cons.
- candiddevmike 1y agoSame arguments folks had with cryptocurrencies.
- breuleux 1y agoYou have to start the accounting immediately, because once a technology becomes entrenched, it's very difficult to backtrack. If it spins out of control and half of all energy is sunk into AI because half of services depend on it and workforces have been laid off, you won't be able to do anything about it without disrupting half of services. The window of opportunity to keep a technology in check, unfortunately, often occurs before the problems it causes become obvious.