Lol. I had these guys beat in terms of hours, and their job was no wear near as physical as mine was.

Now I get to be a desk jockey, and it’s fucking sweet. Gonna milk it, because I put my hours in.

In my case, it’s the combo of way, way to much walking in work boots and then later doing a lot of sitting. gotta shorten up those hip flexor, bae

This is a brilliant comment - thanks for the laugh

How do they brute force their way to a better algorithm? Just trial and error? How do they check outcomes to determine that their new model is good?

I don’t expect you to answer those musings - you’ve been more than patient with me.

Honestly, I’m a tree hugger, and the fact that we aren’t going for nuclear simply because of smear campaigns and changes in public opinion is insanity. We already treat some mining wastes in perpetuity, or plan to have them entombed for the rest of time - how is nuclear waste any different?

Honestly, all of this is really interesting. It’s a whole side of humanity that I very much do NOT think about or follow. I previously spent the last decade much, much, too busy stomping through the forest, so I really didn’t follow anything during that time. A new game or phone came out? sure, cool, I might look that up. When I finally emerged from the fens, sodden and fly-bitten, I was very much out of the loop, despite the algorithm trying to cram articles about NFTs, crypto etc., down my throat. I actually tend to avoid tech stuff because it’s too much of a learning curve at this point. I get the fundamentals, but beyond that I don’t dig in.

I agree with you on the bubble - it depends on the size. I guess my original take is how could it actually get bigger than it is? I just don’t see how it can scale beyond begin in phones or used in basic data analysis/like another google. The AIs can definitely get more advanced, sure, but with that should come some sort of efficiency. We’re also seemingly on the cusp of quantum computing, which I imagine would reduce power requirements.

Meanwhile (and not to detract from the environmental concerns AI could pose) we have very, very real and very, very large environmental concerns that need addressing. Millions of cubic metres of sulphur are sitting in stockpiles in northern Alberta, and threatening the Athabasca river. That’s not even close to the top of the list of things we need to focus on before we can get out in front of the damage AI can cause.

We’re in a real mess.

wow, that’s a relevant user name if ever saw one lmao.

If I ended up single again at my age, I don’t think I would try again. Not due to difficulty, but just apathy. Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt. I’m my own human now, doing my own stuff.

It would definitely suck to be single again, and I’d mourn what I lost, but there’s more to life

I legit don’t know much about tech, and it ts showing. I didn’t know streaming was so efficient.

What I. Trying to get at (I still have to read that article in the parent comment) is that how is AI any worse than crypto? As far as I can tell crypto impact, while bad, was relatively minor and it drastically decreased in popularity; it’s kind of logical AI does the same, unless it’s impact is way higher.

Meanwhile we have cargo ships burning bunker crude .

I don’t blame you. The algorithm is gonna force you to look at what people your demographic like despite whatever input you give it. At least it seems this way with how algorithms in general seem to work on social media. The amount of dick pill ads I get is way to high.

I got out of the game right before tinder became a thing. I’m just as lost as you

I’m really OOTL when it comes to AI GHG impact. How is it any worse than crypto farms, or streaming services?

How do their outputs stack up to traditional emitters like Ag and industry? I need a measuring stick

Step 1 fuck your sister
Step 2 Sue 23 and me
Step 3 ???
Step 4 profit?

This is an evolutionary strategy for them to occupy niches that other plants can’t, this giving them a competitive edge. Some other metal tolerant plants don’t hyper accumulate, and have pathways to selectively uptake what they need without poisoning themselves.

Hyper accumulators take up everything and then just store it in the vacuoles of their cells to isolate the metals.

Importantly, when the plants die, the metals are re-released, so if you’re phyroremediating you have to harvest them and then dispose of them in a landfill.

Finally, hyper accumulators can pose a risk to wildlife that might browse on them, whereas metal tolerant plants may not

Your boos me nothing to me. I’ve seen what makes you cheer

I don’t know why, but this immediately popped into my head:

Earth has taco night it seems too

Man. I watched this skit when it came out and I still refer to it. It’s lived rent free in my head for 18 years (?!!!) and I only watched it once when it came out. Thanks for that mental whiplash

Exactly where I would have gone with this if the Greek reference weren’t right there in the meme