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Mastodon user questions token count for AI environmental impact

A user on Mastodon questioned the focus on token count for environmental impact, suggesting carbon dioxide emissions as a more direct metric. This user proposed that measuring CO2 would offer developers more flexibility in managing the environmental footprint of their AI models. The implication is that current metrics may not fully capture the ecological cost of AI development and deployment. AI

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    @ bkuhn I wonder, why they only count "by number of # token s"? And not by "tons of # carbonDioxide "? That would give employees the flexibility to use less #

    @ bkuhn I wonder, why they only count "by number of # token s"? And not by "tons of # carbonDioxide "? That would give employees the flexibility to use less # AI , if they go to work by # car instead of # bicycle or accept # paySlip s in # crypto .