As a technologist (not AI or software, more general), I will get back with some extended comments, no solutions just additional things to ponder. Am in the middle of of something now …
Good question. The answer is no. However, my choice is to be aware of how much energy just an answer to one prompt uses, and I won't use AI to ask irrelevant questions. Everything has two sides. A good and a bad one.
I’m positive that AI isn’t going anywhere, nor do I wish for such a thing. We should adapt. That’s a human evolutionary trait. I am just wondering where the humans are in the process? Will the next generations be less knowledgeable due to the overuse?
I have been doing a series on AI where I address some of these issues. Here is my next in the series on energy consumption, next week a tackle issues around employment impact on AI: https://chriswasden.substack.com/p/the-deepseek-paradox-why-chinas-ai
As a technologist (not AI or software, more general), I will get back with some extended comments, no solutions just additional things to ponder. Am in the middle of of something now …
is there a choice?
Good question. The answer is no. However, my choice is to be aware of how much energy just an answer to one prompt uses, and I won't use AI to ask irrelevant questions. Everything has two sides. A good and a bad one.
Considering a careful calculation on the lifestyle we choose to live, there very well might be :)
I’m positive that AI isn’t going anywhere, nor do I wish for such a thing. We should adapt. That’s a human evolutionary trait. I am just wondering where the humans are in the process? Will the next generations be less knowledgeable due to the overuse?