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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So... the idea here is that OpenAI and friends are gonna charge you N bucks a month so you can have chat conversations with the average internet user? Spoiler alert: that service is already free.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For $150 they save you the inconvenience of finding the style of twit you wish to interact with, and will dress up to whatever twit your heart desires!

In the beginning.. I can’t wait to see what happens to their pricing when they believe they’ve locked enough in and shift from vc subsidy to actual customer-carried charge. Bet it’s gonna be real popular..

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apparently the electric power generation in the US is under strain because of all the AI server farms being feverishly built by entrepreneurs with FOMO. The bill is gonna come due some day, especially if Joe and Jill Sixpack can't afford to cool their beer because of some egghead generating pr0n.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What is your source for this? Cryptocurrency is the only single source of computation that is significant on its own on a world scale (131 TWh per year for bitcoin alone which is most of it); AI's expected to become significant as it gets more and more popular, but the last I saw it wasn't there yet.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My source is the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/07/ai-data-centers-power/

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 8 months ago

tbf AI isn't quite there yet. If AI continues as it is and bitcoin doesn't somehow drop off, AI will be worse by 2027 IIRC.