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1. dgellow · 1790702271 · focus · HN ↗

   I cannot fathom how much compute will be wasted with that type of always on agentic systems

   1. rglover · 1790702729 · focus · HN ↗

      Forget the compute, what about the energy (and other resource) requirements?

      1. dgellow · 1790705194 · focus · HN ↗

         Yes that’s what I meant. Compute requires energy, infrastructure, etc. easily more than 90% of it will be wasted, just LLMs processing meaningless data in cronjobs, for the few instances where there is something actually meaningful to report to the user
      2. matchbok3 · 1790705354 · focus · HN ↗

         Do you want to ban almonds because they require a lot of water? (1000x more AI?)

         1. dgellow · 1790706505 · focus · HN ↗

            I’m so suspicious of that exact claim being repeated everywhere since a few weeks, that really feels like a slogan astroturfed. It’s also fairly shallow analysis. Water is localized, you cannot do a meaningful comparison without taking in account the impact on specific water sources, an aggregate doesn’t give you any insight (other than having a slogan)
         2. rglover · 1790713696 · focus · HN ↗

            People aren't mortgaging their existence to get a piece of the almond market.

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