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LLMs are major generators of pollution: digital pollution. I wish the companies understood the tremendous cost to society of polluting our well of knowledge.
by conartist6 7mo ago
LLMs are major generators of pollution: digital pollution.
I wish the companies understood the tremendous cost to society of polluting our well of knowledge.
But no, as your mention it is free for them to pollute, so they do liberally
- DrScientist 7mo agoClearly LLMs are tools which can be used for good or ill. The supplier of raw chemicals to the paint factory isn't really responsible for the river pollution. However you are right to point out there is a problem. Typically societies ( via governments ) try and fix by appropriately pricing the behaviours via regulation/laws ( fines or prison for the people doing it ). However making regulation/laws is hard. What's your proposal to fix the problem you've identified?
- conartist6 7mo agoOh it'll fix itself. Nature is like that. You might hit a moment where a lot of people whose only purpose in life is using Claude Code, um, well, starve. But yeah, nature is metal like that.
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]
- DrScientist 7mo agoPerhaps - but not necessarily in an optimal way - cf climate change.