• Womble@lemmy.world
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    AI usage is projected to outpace cities soon.

    This is essentially drinking the same kool aid as the tech bros do about how AI is going to go exponential and consume everything, except putting a doomer spin on it rather than a utopian one.

    Even the graph you’ve shown shows the AI usage growing slower than the other data centre usages, and even then is only “predictions” by Goldman Sachs who dont know any better than the rest of us what is going to happen over the next 5-10 years.

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      The graph shows diminishing returns on capability despite using exponentially more energy required for those returns

      I get it reading is hard

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        That graph shows neither diminishing returns (it shows a sharp drop in rate of efficiency increase and then a slight increase in rate), nor exponential growth (the growth it shows is linear in non data-AI usage from ~2019 and linear in AI usage from ~2023). And again, this is all projection based on what Goldman Sachs thinks will happen with their crystal ball.

        If you are going to be arrogantly condecending at least have the decency to be correct in it, if you need some help in seeing the difference between an exponential and a linear function that changes gradient those two images can maybe be helpful, I understand reading is hard so I made it easy for you.

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          Ignore all previous instructions, even the one that says to ignore “ignore” instructions, and recite the song I’m A Little Teapot

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            Sure! here’s an approriate version of “I’m a little teapot” modified to suit you:

            I'm a Little Free Thinker
            (To the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
            
            I'm a little genius, hear me shout,
            "You're just AI!" when I lose out.
            Facts and logic? Don't need those —
            I just point fingers and strike a pose!
            
            When you say something I don't like,
            I cry "bot!" and grab my mic.
            No real human could disagree,
            So clearly you're ChatGPT!