• deadcream@sopuli.xyz
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      They are not magic. You are still using electricity, and for the same amount of work that cloud providers do you will consume the same amount. If every one of the billions of people using chatgpt or whatever buys rtx 5090 and makes it churn 24/7 for their “local” ai then nothing will change for the environment.

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        20 hours ago

        But isn’t it as bad as running a graphically intensive AAA game on your computer

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          20 hours ago

          That’s still just moving the impact from data centers to end users’ machines.

          Gamers (especially those that own 5090) are a tiny minority compared to llm users.

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              15 hours ago

              This will just waste even more energy since cpus are less efficient at this kind of task.

              LLMs require insane amounts of compute, period. The hardware to do that needs energy and emits heat, there is no way around.

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                  12 hours ago

                  It will still run necessary calculations much slower than a gpu, so you will need to run it much longer for the same result, which is not only inconvenient but will likely use more power in the end anyway.