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commentary · [1 source] · · Deutsch(DE) Wir sollten vielleicht # AI nicht mehr nach Tokens beziffern, sondern Liter Trinkwasser/Minute.
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Mastodon user suggests measuring AI impact by water consumption, not tokens

A user on Mastodon suggested that the cost of AI should be measured in liters of drinking water per minute, rather than by tokens. This proposal implies a critique of the current energy and resource consumption associated with AI technologies. The user's statement highlights a growing concern about the environmental impact of large-scale AI model training and operation. AI

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IMPACT Suggests a novel metric for evaluating AI's environmental cost, potentially influencing future resource discussions.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a user on a social media platform.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · [email protected] ·

    Perhaps we should stop quantifying #AI by tokens, but by liters of drinking water per minute.

    Wir sollten vielleicht # AI nicht mehr nach Tokens beziffern, sondern Liter Trinkwasser/Minute.