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[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

volunteer PCs

oh those run on pixie dust and fairy farts huh?

in fact, because they're distributed amongst thousands (presumably) volunteer pcs, they're eating up cycles that aren't optimized so are much less efficient at their task compared to specialized gpus and asics.

there's no free lunch.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's no asics and specialized gpus for this sort of thing. We've also developed foss workers that are indeed more optimized. Also a lot of our volunteers use solar power.

I any case, yes of course it consumes some electricity, but all digital entertainment does and as I said we're comparable to AAA gaming , so I don't see why you're singling that out.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so I don’t see why you’re singling that out.

I didn't single out anything, I despise the entire spectrum bud. There's no free lunch for AI.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago
[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I think you should, it's fuck_ai, lol,

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024

Did you wander in here to advocate for your energy gobblin AI thinking we'd go "oh it's distributed consumption SO THAT'S OK"?

Honestly?

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