Nelson Minar / is on Nostr

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2024-07-31 16:43:00

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right, part of my calculation is that AI is not just a new shiny. Among other things, I think AIs could be useful tools in developing solutions for adapting to and stopping climate change.
Agree with you about carbon taxes though. One encouraging thing is how much the big compute centers have focused on developing carbon-neutral energy sources for their operations. How much of that is greenwashing and how much is real I don't know, but the folks who started that at Google seemed sincere about doing it right.

2024-07-31 14:30:49

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I'm hopeful that the costs are mostly fixed and up front in the training of the deep GPT. Subsequent tuning or execution of a generic model is way way cheaper, hopefully sustainably so.
As much as I care about global warming I don't think "stop using energy for technological advancement" is a credible position. AI training isn't Bitcoin, it's doing something useful. I've tipped over to thinking LLMs are a real breakthrough and worth the investment.

2024-07-31 14:16:26

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oof I have no idea. I'm currently paying nothing but will have no problem paying the customary $20/mo when it's necessary (which I suspect is not enough for profitability).
It's hard to see how ads wouldn't ruin this AI experience, particularly if they do LLM tricks to integrate the ads into the output. Part of what I like about the AIs now is I have a pretty clear high level understanding of what they're doing and it still feels relatively objective, unsullied. Ads bring in evil.

2024-07-31 14:10:54

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This transcript is a good example of the sweet spot in using AI for me now, same with programming. I know more or less how to make a stir fry, Claude's instructions would not teach me if I were a beginner. But I don't remember some details. OTOH I don't want to follow a recipe. So I ask the AI. Sure is a lot easier than doing keyword retrieval searches and hunting through all the spam to find the info I want.

2024-07-31 14:10:06

I made a good improv stir-fry last night [thanks to Claude](https://gist.github.com/NelsonMinar/41477d4d8a799348288f19cc82950b2c ). The AI helped me figure out cooking times for the various vegetables I was using and also had some good suggestions for flavors for the sauce.