‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought

Good thing we aren't running out of fresh water or anyth-

https://www.earth.com/news/satellites-reveal-a-sudden-drop-in-global-freshwater-levels/

Fuck.

Overestimate the gains and potential, underestimate the cost.

Typical corporate fads.

I should stop using ai ngl.

I was having a conversation with a friend about this. At some point, the bill is going to come . It's free, or cheap, to use everyone's generators, but the bill will come soon. Just like Spotify, Netflix, Prime, etc. The price they're charging now is just to ensure you get hooked and rely on it before they stay hiking to stay profitable.

That's not to say anything about LLM collapse, or the economic cost of training new models for 10% improvements.

"uses four times as much water as disclosed"

Its absurd