kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIn a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt useswww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down17
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minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoSure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoIf cheap(er/better) energy is invented then that’s good, why would tech corpos be able to “hold the reins” of it exclusively?
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoWell, patents and what have you are a thing. I’m mostly thinking that I wouldn’t want e.g. Facebook to run any nuclear reactors or energy grids. That’s something I prefer the government does.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoNuclear reactors already exist, that’s not new tech.
Sure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
If cheap(er/better) energy is invented then that’s good, why would tech corpos be able to “hold the reins” of it exclusively?
Well, patents and what have you are a thing. I’m mostly thinking that I wouldn’t want e.g. Facebook to run any nuclear reactors or energy grids. That’s something I prefer the government does.
Nuclear reactors already exist, that’s not new tech.