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Whilst the world suffers because more and more let's say "not entirely climate-neutral" data centres are being built beause you were to lazy to read an article

by unkeen 3mo ago

Whilst the world suffers because more and more let's say "not entirely climate-neutral" data centres are being built beause you were to lazy to read an article you mean.

vixen99 3mo ago
Nothing to stop you making assumptions if you feel you have to.
paulluuk 3mo ago
It depends on so many factors. Reading a long article on your laptop is likely less efficient than letting an LLM summarize it for you and then only reading the summary, while reading the article on your phone would be even more efficient. There are a lot of very contradictory estimations of just how much power, CO2e and water a single prompt consumes, and everyone (myself included) seems to just pick what fits their narrative best.
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elcritch 3mo ago
The data centers are spurring new investment and building of nuclear power plants, which are going to be critical infrastructure for any stable and reliable carbon neutral power generation future, IMHO.
- inigyou 3mo ago
  When stable government collapses they're also going to be involuntary nature reserves.
  - elcritch 3mo ago
    Not with modern fail-safe designs.
    - inigyou 3mo ago
      Doesn't have to be a Chernobyl. Fuel leaching into the groundwater works just as well. And nobody has found a way to store those safely without continued maintenance.
      - elcritch 3mo ago
        We have plenty of solutions for spent fuel storage as well as recycling fuel now. We just have NIMBY folks who protest it because they’re scared of “nuclear”.
        inigyou 3mo ago
        Nobody has ever invented one that survives by itself for the long term.