I just had "the talk" with my 9yo. He came to me asking "Dad, why does AI use so much water just for generating one answer?"

So I explained to him how LLM works, how GenAI came out of that and why AI is a marketing term and absolutely wrong in that context.

Then I loaded GPT4All on my laptop and asked the thing what the result of 9+7 is. It took my poor laptop cpu 12 seconds to come up with an answer and another 12 seconds to generate the sentence with the answer. I showed him how fast kcalc (using the CPUs ALU functions) comes up with the answer for that specific question.

And then I asked a followup question, which almost take 2 minutes to compute. I showed him how the previous question and its answer became part of the prompt which made the calculation longer more complicated just to emulate a dialoge.

He noticed that my laptops CPU fan stepped up and started to roar to get rid of the core heat. Then I explained to him how AI datacenters solve all this ineffitiency by running millions of servers in parallel and how this generates so much heat that it "uses" cooling water by just boiling it until it vapourizes.

I then explained the current business model and how the companies currently burn through their cash to be the last one standing on the market when everyone else dropped out or became bankrupt. What we user pay for using this and what we actually would have to (and in the future probably will) pay for this service.

Needless to say, my kid is not a big fan now.

Hello #fediverse, I'm Rolandas!

I'm a programmer by trade, currently on a long break from a regular job. I haven't used social media in any serious capacity for 17 years, but with all excitement about fediverse I'm willing to give Mastodon a try :-)

I'll write about whatever comes to mind, but mostly it'll be about personal projects (I'm building an RSS reader), music production (very new to this, been learning a ton), free software, internet, privacy, and some other things.

#introduction

PLEASE #boost? 🙏🤞🥺

Getting too sick to promote.
Bloods show my 6th Covid infection from March is still active! I now have #Costochondritis & #pericarditis.

Abuse is worsening. I’m unsafe here.

Have a spare room in #Melbourne? Land for a cabin? Granny flat? Need quiet & safety. $250/wk board. Info in crowdfund & Canary article: https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/04/01/anna-severe-me-cfs/

💸Crowdfund: https://chuffed.org/project/161937-help-anna-escape
☕️BMaC: https://buymeacoffee.com/Halcionandon
ᯓ➤Beem: Halcionandon

#MutualAid #FediAid
@mecfs
@mutualaid @[email protected]

I'm offering social media manager services. If you, a friend or loved one needs one. Please do contact me.
Prices are negotiable and I'm happy to work along side you and your needs.

https://ko-fi.com/c/48286b40ef

It's hard to keep up with all the social media. Why not hire me and get your message, products or services out there?
#trans #lgbtqia #lgbt #queer #autistic #autism #mentalhealth #dog #dogs #cats #cat #animals #wildlife #trump #politics

Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

This is not a drill.

If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

Hey friendiverse! My husband is currently looking for work - he's very good at Linux, cloud, AWS, and networking stuff. He's got an extensive home lab and manages all of our services. Seattle or remote.

But he's bad at networking so I'm trying to leverage my network on his behalf.

Cheers! #getfedihired

I’ve never done an #Introduction post, so...

I’m Tim. I have #MultipleSclerosis, and although that’s only a part of me, it’s shaped my life hugely since diagnosis (in 2009, after 4 years of symptoms). I’m a much kinder person than I used to be and I’m grateful for that, even if the disease itself is a bastard. I used to run marathons, but #MS eventually put paid to that, so now I swim in a lake and row on a river instead. I try to focus on what I have and not what I’ve lost.

I have an MA in medieval history; I work as a PM for a large corporation, (but not very hard); I’m a trustee/director of a Nottingham-based charity combatting domestic violence. As a middle aged, white, CIS guy, this has been a real eye-opener; I’m a member of my local #parkrun core team; I’m a qualified running coach. I have loads of tattoos.

I’m interested in politics but try to focus on being a force for good myself. Nauseating, no?

❤️ animals (esp cats!)
❤️ music
❤️ books

Motto: don’t be a dick

Right then gang, can y’all click this link and check out this website so it can get loads of visitors from all over the place as a favour to a friends kid? Yeah you can

Boosts and whatnot as well 💕

👉 https://myplasticpromise.co.uk/