Notices by OnlyBrownMastodon (onlybrownmastodon@mastodon.social)

@timnitGebru

"Microsoft disclosed its global water consumption spiked 34% from 2021 to 2022 (to nearly 1.7 billion gallons, more than 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools).

"Shaolei Ren, researcher at the University of California, estimates ChatGPT gulps 500mL of water (a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it 5 to 50 prompts or questions.

'Most people are not aware of the resource usage underlying ChatGPT,' Ren said. 'If you’re not aware, there’s no way we can help conserve resources.'"

@Mer__edith

It doesn't look like either person you mentioned (TimnitGebru, mmitchell_ai) is linked in your post -- in case you wanted (or didn't want) them to see it.

Edit: They've been un-linked here, in case the latter is the case (you didn't want to link them).

@annaleen It may be useful (if surprising at first) to consider that the tools of investigative journalism are essentially the same as those used by stalkers and harassers.

Key question for Mastodon, and any social network claiming to be anti-bigotry: "whose safety and ease of use do we choose to prioritise"?

Journalists? Or the desire of marginalised people not to be tracked, surveilled, indexed, bundled, and perhaps sold (or stalked/harassed/threatened en masse, often using automated tools)?