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User questions environmental impact of local LLM usage

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A Mastodon user is inquiring about the environmental impact of running large language models (LLMs) locally on their personal hardware. They acknowledge that model training has significant environmental costs but are seeking to understand if there are other environmental considerations for local LLM usage, beyond their direct control over power consumption. AI

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User questions environmental impact of local LLM usage

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Okay, from a environmental standpoint, how problematic are local llms as in running it on my existing machine where I control power consumption. I have no contr

    Okay, from a environmental standpoint, how problematic are local llms as in running it on my existing machine where I control power consumption. I have no control over the model training, so I know it's not all positive. But am I missing other important points? I want to know! # …

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