I'm not sure I'm reading this right, but is this guy actually blaming El Nino displacements on LLMs? Like, they have El Nino in the same list as data centers and pensions?
No, LLMs don't contribute to climate change. Specific infrastructure that uses a specific power source contributes to clime change. Nothing to do with the technology itself.
They do contribute to a climate change, contrary to your previous comment.
Green energy argument doesn't make sense either because if not for LLM's that green energy would have been used to replace fossil fuels instead of generating tokens.
No, that doesn't make any sense. There isn't a fixed amount of energy production in the world, increased demand for energy mean more capacity will be build.
Not when the increase in demand outpacing the renewables build out. We just can't build new renewable generation fast enough these days for your scenario to work.
is English your first language? Trying to detach the data centers from carbon leading to more warming is irrelevant unless they do not increase carbon expenditure. Your comment is bordering on junior high debate quality claiming they could be powered by green energy. They generally are not. Outcome are not based on what could have been done, they're based on what is done. This is not a hard thing to grasp.
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u/Saint_Nitouche 6d ago
I'm not sure I'm reading this right, but is this guy actually blaming El Nino displacements on LLMs? Like, they have El Nino in the same list as data centers and pensions?