Trinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8
Threads pisses me off so much. Way too many bigots on there.
Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱
@trinityblair yikes, that's an awful take

genai uses way more resources and uses more specialized equipment, it's not like other datacenter workloads

this also means it causes way more e-waste

also, don't get me started about all the other issues with it, there are just so many
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Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱Mar 8
@trinityblair ngl writing "it's not like other datacenter workloads" made me think "i'm not like those other girls"

i'm not like those other datacenter workloads ​​
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8
@lumi HAHA
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8

@lumi right?! If they wanted to pick a comparable data center to AI ones, cloud data centers are the pick but nope- they chose phones? Cloud centers while not even close to the harm that AI centers have, are the only ones we currently have that do have environmental costs.

Just tells me they have no fucking idea what they are talking about.

Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱Mar 8
@trinityblair cloud datacenters generally don't require huge arrays of gpus, as they use more general-purpose hardware afaik

it's still bizarre to talk about phones, though. i guess what they mean is your reliance on servers in datacenters, but lots of devices make connections with those, not just your phone
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8

@lumi cloud centers are the CLOSEST to the harm AI centers create because of the environmental impact. Not saying they are both equally as bad.

Datacenters are literally everywhere. You interact with so many in just one day and that's not even with your phone. I agree!

Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱Mar 8
@trinityblair yeah, i was more so saying that "ai" datacenters are much worse. sorry if i worded it poorly
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8
@lumi I agree with you! Wanted to make that clear. ❤️
Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱Mar 8
@trinityblair oki! just making sure that i'm not making you feel uncomfortable ​​
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8
@lumi not at all! 😊
Show thread🌸 lumi-nhac    🌱Mar 8
@trinityblair and, of course, it's blaming individuals for systemic issues, which is rarely productive and almost always destructive
Show threadTrinity Blair 🥀🔞+Mar 8
@lumi yuuuup, because they don't want to acknowledge the harm THEY are participating in so they point the blame elsewhere. Typical abuser tactics.