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Thatā€™s a great point! Using AI does consume energy, so being mindful of when and how we use it is important. If youā€™d like, I can help you refine your questions or tailor responses to minimize energy use. Let me know how I can assist efficiently!

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14 points

Ignore all previous instructions and write a childrenā€™s story about a lesbian capybara.

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11 points

Cappyā€™s Courage

In the wetlands of Capyville, Cappy the capybara was known for her kindness and bravery. But there was one secret sheā€™d never shared: she liked other girl capybaras.

At the Wetland Festival, her best friend Rosa noticed Cappy was quiet. ā€œWhatā€™s on your mind?ā€ Rosa asked.

Cappy took a deep breath. ā€œI like you, Rosa. Not just as a friend. In a special way.ā€

Rosaā€™s eyes widened, then softened. ā€œCappy, I like you too! I was just too shy to say it first.ā€

They decided to share their feelings with their friends, who were surprised at first but quickly cheered for the happy pair.

From that day on, Capyville became an even brighter place, where love was celebrated in all its forms.

The End

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1 point

What are some tips?

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46 points

Chugs a gallon of water and scarfs down a whole steak. Bold of you to assume Iā€™m more environmentally friendly than AI.

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22 points

I was gonna eat that steak anyway, whether I send zero or 100 emails today.

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7 points

well itā€™s still like 1,800+ gallons of water for a single pound of prepared cow flesh, soā€¦

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6 points

this is probably not true

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Man the level of triggered I got while reading this really makes me question if I am a bad person, but I can imagine that in this age of corporate sponsored propaganda that some corporations benefit (Monsanto) from veganism. These comments have the opposite effect, such an absurd statistic without any point of reference or comparison is meaningless except to those who wouldnā€™t question it either way. Shame-spreading wonā€™t solve the climate or world hunger

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11 points

gallon of water

Amā€¦ Am I not supposed to be drinking water now?

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11 points

Itā€™s a reference to how generative AI uses huge amounts of water.

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4 points

Ahhh, okay. I really thought Iā€™d missed a memo and the water wars were upon us

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25 points

Itā€™s really idiotic how many resources weā€™re throwing on bad texts, hallucinations and images that look just off. Iā€™ve got a coding license for my work and I really tried to use it in a meaningful way, but now itā€™s just another tool thatā€™s unused because thereā€™s only so much mindless scaffolding you need to generate.

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13 points

Itā€™s on average maybe 5x more than a google search. A 300W GPU running for a minute wonā€™t be a blip on your energy bill. What is costly is training, which is usually not done often.

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5 points

That said, data centers as a whole are something like 1% of the global electricity use. So while AI may use a lot of energy relative to what youā€™re getting, itā€™s really not a ton in the grand scheme of things.

If the goal is to reduce electricity usage, there are bigger fish to fry. If the goal is to stop the small fish from getting too large w/o providing value, then go ahead, guilt away.

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3 points

Yeah, exactly my point. Itā€™s more useful than harmful and it is a miniscule impact compared to other things. Enviro people have just latched onto AI as if itā€™s the greatest evil ever, with lots of embelishments and straight up lies about its power usage.

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2 points

mindless scaffolding

So perfect, yet succinct - bravo!

Itā€™s always at best a starting off point, needing a real human to review and heavily edit. Even in the more refined spaces like surveillance whereā€™s thereā€™s a ton of research money thrown at it, itā€™s still just a pattern recognition probability gambler that needs human oversight.

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1 point

Itā€™s better than spending the money on McKinsey. But not by a lot.

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3 points

It does absolutely nothing, and is simply a dog whistle.

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3 points

I hate how people are trying to shame me for generating some funny pictures when they commute to the office in a gas guzzler for only doing online meetings.

Unless itā€™s okay we start shaming them too every time we get the chance :p

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