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The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions (www.baldurbjarnason.com)
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/52842255

Have been working my way through this author's essays, thought this one was a unique observation.

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i agree with you, that it's not good for the environment. how bad is it exactly?

has someone numbers for this? how does a classical cawler + search + stackoverflow compare to a simple ai question/answer and the proportionate training effort? how much is the co2 output for a day of heavy vibe coding compare to this?

how does this co2 output compare to a flight/car drive?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    i don't believe it rivals corn crops, but its still pretty high. the main issues i see is they are all being built off non-renewable energy and they're skipping regulations a lot of the time. one of Elon's data centers they found a pipe pumping toxic sludge into the local water runoff, potentially contaminating local drinking water

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