• anus@lemmy.worldOP
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    23 hours ago

    Do you hold Sam Altman’s opinion higher than the reasoning here? In general or just on this particular take?

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      21 hours ago

      What would Altman gain from overstating the environmental impact of his own company?

      What if power consumption is not so much limited by the software’s appetite, but rather by the hardware’s capabilities?

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        19 hours ago

        What would Altman gain from overstating the environmental impact of his own company?

        You should consider the possibility that CEOs of big companies essentially always think very hard about how to talk about everything so that it always benefits them

        I can see the benefits, I can try to explain if you’re actually interested

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          6 hours ago

          What weighs more: the cost of taking people at their word, or the effort it takes to interpret the subtext of every interaction?