SpikesOtherDog

@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claw machine deckbuilder Dungeon Clawler arrives November 21 and it's going to grab you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My older teenage son got into the game pretty hard for a month or two on beta or whatever and got me to play.

  The mechanics are fun. I’d like to see more story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bruce Schneier: China Possibly Hacking US “Lawful Access” Backdoor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure the dangers of backdoors were explicitly outlined the 1980’s documentary, “War Games.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in govt IT and looking to prevent this feature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This may be rude, but we talked about this elsewhere in this thread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good point. I’m guessing my numbers might refer more to cloud providers than individuals with smaller data sets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was using a pretty broad brush. Some of the figures were higher, some were lower, but it many were consistently around .3. Feel free to take it with a grain of salt. Even if I’m over by 50%, it is still a large number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not 100% down with these numbers. The verge has a breakdown of energy usage for generation and training, and you could argue that demand is responsible for training.

  I would also argue that energy usage would be directly related to water usage. Unless there is passive cooling unrelated to the energy generation, the evaporation would be directly related to the energy cost.

  I didn’t collect sources while I was coming this, but I found that it takes about .3 KWH to generate an AI image - about the same as fully charging a smartphone. 1kwh is ~860 kCal (one Calorie = kCal = 1000 calories) 1 image is ~282 Calories 1 Calorie heats 1 liter of water 1 degree It takes ~540 Calories to vaporise 1 liter 2 images vaporize a liter of water There are ~30k liters in an 18 foot above ground pool with 4ft of water. There were 15 billion images generated daily in May 2024 As of August 2023, people have generated almost 15.5 billion AI-generated images, and each day sees approximately 34 million new AI-generated images. 17 million liters vaporized daily, about 500 swimming pools This put my numbers at ~250k swimming pools vaporized so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google still recommends glue for your pizza⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good job Verge. Now, how about we discuss the proper use of thermal paste?