ajrlewis on Nostr: Agreed; heavy computation requires heavy energy use. And wouldn't dare argue that ...
Agreed; heavy computation requires heavy energy use. And wouldn't dare argue that we're awash with stealth agendas out there ....
But! Disagree on it not being a good modern tool for the right problem. Horses for courses.
For example, object extraction from a large body of text using a sophisticated LLM performs pretty well, from experience. And not sure I'd even know how to achieve similar results using other technologies? Even if I did, I'm not sure using many inferior tools to do the same thing would result in much less energy used to generate similar results?
Not that I personally care how much energy it uses if it's deemed useful by the person using that energy ... and their energy production techniques don't affect my, or others, way of life.
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But! Disagree on it not being a good modern tool for the right problem. Horses for courses.
For example, object extraction from a large body of text using a sophisticated LLM performs pretty well, from experience. And not sure I'd even know how to achieve similar results using other technologies? Even if I did, I'm not sure using many inferior tools to do the same thing would result in much less energy used to generate similar results?
Not that I personally care how much energy it uses if it's deemed useful by the person using that energy ... and their energy production techniques don't affect my, or others, way of life.
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