Inference really doesn't need that much power. I live on solar and run decently large models on my own equipment.
--Stephen On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 08:27:10AM +0100, Jonas Bechtel wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:08:54 +1000 > David <[email protected]> wrote > > > > > It's just a tool, like a hammer. > > > >[...] > > > > It's not the tool, it's the personality who picks it up who determines > > usage. > > > > It's not that easy. Two points here: > > 1. This "AI" has lots of implications, on society, on balance of power, etc.. > Yes, this may have been valid for any technologic revolution (Printing, > Steel, ...), but it also means that personality just has limited influence, > so your sentence is wrong. > > Much more aspects can be found in this paper of misc hypothesis (only in > German unfortunately): > https://www.kimege.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/KIMeGe_Thesenpapier.pdf > > 2. Easyly forgotten, even in the KIMeGe_Thesenpapier.pdf: "AI" techniques > like LLM or image generation consume lots of energy and hardware. It is > questionable whether these applications will be sustainable. I believe that > most "AI" applications will cease because of unstable electronic supply > chains and fights for energy. > >
