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The cost of simply retrieving an answer from the Web is infinitely smaller than the cost of generating a new one.

Great interview with Sasha Luccioni from Huggingface on all the ways that using generative AI for everything is both a) hugely costly compared to existing methods, and b) insane.

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[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nope it isn’t. You blame AI companies for pollution they didn’t generate. Blame the energy sector.

don't talk about providing good counterarguments, please

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

see, because they can't provide their own, talking about good arguments is all they have left

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago

I one-up your well-sourced article with a "nope it isn't", your move.