• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Is there a “young man yells at clouds meme” here?

    “Yes, you’re very clever calling out the hype train. Oooh, what a smart boy you are!” Until the dust settles…

    Lemmy sounds like my grandma in 1998, “Pushah. This ‘internet’ is just a fad.'”

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      2 months ago

      The difference is that the Internet is actually useful.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, the early Internet didn’t require 5 tons of coal be burned just to give you a made up answer to your query. This bubble is Pets.com only it is also murdering the rainforest while still be completely useless.

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          Estimates for chatgpt usage per query are on the order of 20-50 Wh, which is about the same as playing a demanding game on a gaming pc for a few minutes. Local models are significantly less.