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It’s so surreal when someone posts a meme about That Guy™ doing That Thing™ and then all of a sudden That Guy™ shows up in the comments, doing That Thing™
Like, can I get your autograph? You’re famous, bro!
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2025
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I do use AI (mostly like Google), but I don't think it's justified or OK, lol - I'm the problem, and I know it.
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the fact that it is theft
There are LLMs trained using fully open datasets that do not contain proprietary material... (CommonCorpus dataset, OLMo)
the fact that it is environmentally harmful
There are LLMs trained with minimal power (typically the same ones as above as these projects cannot afford as much resources), and local LLMs use signiciantly less power than a toaster or microwave...
the fact that it cuts back on critical, active thought
This is a usecase problem. LLMs aren't suitable for critical thinking or decision making tasks, so if it's cutting back on your "critical, active thought" you're just using it wrong anyway...
The OOP genuinely doesn't know what they're talking about and are just reacting to sensationalized rage bait on the internet lmao
Saying it uses less power that a toaster is not much. Yes, it uses less power than a thing that literally turns electricity into pure heat… but that’s sort of a requirement for toast. That’s still a LOT of electricity. And it’s not required. People don’t need to burn down a rainforest to summarize a meeting. Just use your earballs.
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Do people who self-host count? Like ollama? It's not like my PC is going to drain a lake.
Ethics and morality aside.
Yes, they count, the process of making and continuing to update the underlying LLM is also what drains the lakes, they are all made on pirated info (all the big ones for sure, I've not heard of a widely available, usable model trained 100% on legally obtained data, but I suppose it could exist).
To that person, yeah self hosting still counts.
I feel this way about people who eat meat.
I have same rant with "this is the only funny AI meme' shit.