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Tech sector's LLM obsession criticized as costly and wasteful

Original: But here we run up against an unpleasant reality: the tech sector values the # LLM craze chiefly because it's outrageous

Commenters are pushing back against the artificial intelligence boom, arguing that the tech industry embraces large language models not for their usefulness but because they consume enormous amounts of money and resources. The argument holds that investors and executives profit the more is spent on the technology, while its inefficiency and environmental cost go largely unexamined.

Why now: Ongoing debate over AI's energy use, costs and whether industry hype outweighs real value.

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• But here we run up against an unpleasant reality: the tech sector values the # LLM craze chiefly because it's outrageously inefficient and destructive, always needing more and more. The tech grifters get richer the more money and resources are blown on the fad. Subsidiary… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol · 87

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