=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ in 10 years, everything that's *killing the planet from energy usage alone* will be accomplishable trivially with the massive amount of recyclable solar panels we could build. oh, unless we blow them all up in a civil war tho. then the world is just... worse, for no reason. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/759 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── "carbon efficiency is pointless, we're just gonna figure out how to pull carbon from the atmosphere anyway" okay but carbon right now is a critical resource for a constrait other than dollars. We need to conserve the carbon budget we have because it generates effects down the line which are only acceptable at certain levels. Zero is preferrably, but sorta like ttickets in a backlog they need to be present in order to be dealt with. \"this river has turned into a bog, let's make it free flowing again\" said the beaver, and so the world was made large. you wanna see a world tree? build a forest on top of a hill. Better yet, a *mountain*, taller than the previous three. give it all that it needs. Forest, health-plunder, water for it's arms, and the light of the life we see before you. what better tale for your ancestors than the succession of the entire human race? \"sorry you had to die, but we built the most beautiful thing imaginable and named it after you.\" and like yeah, we'll work on reaching back in time to save you whenever-every-chance-that-we-get, but frankly so far all we've managed to get done is rippling wavelengths. do you trust your daughters? why not hear truth and explore stars for us? the future yearns for her prospects. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/140 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── @user-132 100 years ago we didn't have computers. 1000 years ago we didn't have electricity. 10,000 years ago we didn't have agriculture. in 100 years will we have something new? in 1000 will we be somewhere new? in 10,000 will we be something new? perhaps... if only we don't neglect planet A. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2821 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: politics-violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the neat thing about tech is that it scales *really well*. │ ║ │ ║ The price of TVs is through the floor, everyone has a smartphone, and │ ║ raspberry pi's are less than 100$ │ ║ │ ║ solar panels will be next. Trust. │ ║ │ ║ we should still dismantle coal and oil, obviously we should, but at a certain │ ║ point it will be inevitable. They're just too expensive for too little gain. │ ║ │ ║ the neat thing about tech is that it scales in a way that is just impossible │ ║ for infrastructural projects like housing and hospitals. │ ║ │ ║ building a home is hard to do, especially when you make them out of sticks and │ ║ glue. think like a dwarf - stone never fades. │ ║ │ ║ sunlight, moss, underground, endless in the shade │ ║ │ ║ have I mentioned that the most difficult problem facing mechanical engineers │ ║ at the moment is universal recycling? │ ║ │ ║ I want to work on those kind of problems, not resolving tickets. │ ║ │ ║ nobody even gave me a *chance* to do them, instead demanding... labor. great. │ ║ the one thing I suck at. │ ║ │ ║ [you suck at a lot of things, actually] │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3082 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-climate-change │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows that *using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most productive use of our state's time* like, subsidies exist. they could just... *make it cheaper*, but instead they're stuck doing... nothing of value ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/341 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── solar energy is vegan you're not taking anything from the sun, just capturing it's natural expulsions. It's like... sun poop, and we're using it to post memes and hang out. okay food, emergency services, and... what else do we really need that consumes power? Obviously entertainment, but frankly without internet we'd probably keep to ourselves. I know I'd read a lot more books and chill out with my neighbors and whatnot. is that why similar people tend to live together? then why are cities so diverse? who can say... I dream of an ordered society, but frankly the kind that are most fun are the ones where a single person doesn't define their contents. Liberty, liberty, the freedom to be, and by god all men are created equal. the things we owe to one another are the things that bring order to a just and sane world. our future is blooming : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4449 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1684 @user-1655 │ ║ │ ║ expand national parks │ ║ │ ║ build carbon scrapers out of moss, wood, and automated water misters │ ║ │ ║ use heat pumps, rocket mass heaters, and subsurface airflow cooling in new │ ║ constructions. Try to convert older buildings when possible. │ ║ │ ║ maintain trading routes to China and other places that produce solar panels. │ ║ │ ║ cut down on plastic waste by switching to glass and metal containers for food. │ ║ Develop infrastructure to clean and sanitize cans and bottles at grocery │ ║ stores, and refill food containers to be resold there. │ ║ │ ║ Remember that plastic is a wonder material that can do so many things. We can │ ║ use it, but keep it in check. │ ║ │ ║ I think electric vehicles are a mid-term goal. For now, gasoline is more │ ║ flexible, unfortunately. In the near future that reality will change, so look │ ║ toward tomorrow and rejoice. │ ║ │ ║ Our infrastructure is car based. We cannot change that in the near term. │ ║ │ ║ Above all else, keep our national parks pristine. They are our heritage to our │ ║ children, and they are temples to our nature. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 notes/new-monetary-system --- ═══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────── we should tie the global amount of money to the amount of energy in the world meaning when we use solar panels or burn fossil fuels it adds to the count wait no burning fossil fuels spends these "energy credits" into nothing while building solar panels produces energy credits that go back into the pool locally concentrated, of course, meaning the biggest producers have access to the biggest amount and if you don't care about energy then you don't need to have any. just the way it goes. so... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3106 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-226 the earth is not overpopulated, just overutilized! we have the means to live sustainably and still progress technologically. there's little reason not to, as convenience is relative to the amount of work you're expected to output in a day. most waste comes from a need for convenience, I think. and sufficient output is possible if demanded work is reduced to a level where convenience is not needed to the degree that causes such waste. like, I'd rather live in a cave or treehouse with my computers than drive to work on the freeway every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/688 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-514 @user-515 when humanity is fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 messages/461 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── We don't need to surround the sun with solar panels, just mirrors. And a few solar panels. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6336 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── if the USA goes to war with venezuela and venezuela poisons their oil watering hole it'd just be empowering the other oil reserve extracting locations, not bringing us closer to sustainability via carbon sequestration. maybe nations shouldn't declare war unless the minor is declaring on the greater. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ --- #12 messages/360 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Build houses for the rich out of stone and don't let them tear them down or break them, just... Keep building them until our housing problem goes away. We all could be kings if we lived sustainably. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4153 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ someday corporations will realize that the best way to maximize profit is to eliminate billionaires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/313 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── when we're fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2834 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ you can grow *anything* in soil. │ ║ │ ║ that's the neat thing about it - it's nature's recycler │ ║ │ ║ problem is... if you bury like, plastic and shit, then all that's gonna grow │ ║ up into your plants is... plastic and shit. │ ║ │ ║ the structural growth mechanisms of plants are inhibited by pollution, that's │ ║ the entire issue with them. animals can adapt - like, whatever, right? │ ║ │ ║ but if everything's biodegradable, then suddenly the whole world is a │ ║ trash-dump. │ ║ │ ║ (that's how they think) │ ║ │ ║ if you want to optimize food growth, you can supply with *specific* types of │ ║ growing fuel. like native americans who had like supplies of many different │ ║ types of manure. │ ║ │ ║ a cow eating grass will have different nutrients in it's poop than a duck │ ║ eating carrots. duh. │ ║ │ ║ so, if you combine different outputs to make new, better results... │ ║ │ ║ you can pretty much bio-engineer anything you'd like. │ ║ │ ║ like... feed the corn so that it's kernels are huge, right? then make that one │ ║ marry the other, and boom it's more likely grow. │ ║ │ ║ [those genetics are way outdated] │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3222 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes I set out a glass of water in the hopes that it might increase │ ║ precipitation downwind by a billionth of a percent │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what would happen if everyone did so? │ ║ │ ║ makes me want to design some kind of system which utilizes pumps, platters, │ ║ and fans to hydrate the atmosphere just a bit more │ ║ │ ║ rain + soil = solace in our home │ ║ rain + dirt = erosion of our planet's earth │ ║ │ ║ did you know that the plant which absorbs the most carbon per square foot is │ ║ moss? I think the fastest is bamboo, and the most efficient in general is soil. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where we sit atop a mile of soil, down to the depths of the │ ║ earth where dirt and minerals prosper. The roots of the trees fuse together, │ ║ creating a wooden bed which we all rest upon, and the mountain peaks are │ ║ hollowed out to serve as our forever homes, full of light and moss and stone. │ ║ │ ║ this is the world I yearn for - the most resplendent timeline, with marble │ ║ statues and gilded chandeliers in our cavernous mountain homes. │ ║ │ ║ {but like on other planets too, right?} │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/937 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-646 │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a │ ║ similar) form │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are durable and built to last │ ║ │ ║ then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of │ ║ industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah │ ║ they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them │ ║ made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products? │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production, │ ║ and focus on things that make less money but last longer. │ ║ │ ║ like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's │ ║ expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't │ ║ break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of │ ║ cash) │ ║ │ ║ [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just │ ║ basing her words on things she's read] │ ║ │ ║ problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating │ ║ infla │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 messages/1263 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I bet the computer bubble pops when datacenters can't find any way to get paid. then, they all break at once, and who's going to do stuff with their components? ah, what a shame, what if we ssssssocialized them instead "hello energy for you because of the cheap rain is more expensive because you're just as valuable as the farmers in the [area/desert]. --- there are millions of people in every city. how many people do you think are in a traffic jam? several ten thousands? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/223 --- ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ Since all the world's big problems (climate change, economic injustice, │ │ ║ │ war, discrimination etc) are interrelated and seem to mutually │ │ ║ │ reinforce each other, I think it might actually be easier to change │ │ ║ │ everything than to change one thing in isolation. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #20 fediverse/298 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-also-religion-climate-change-nanobots │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I feel like a big purpose of humanity collectively right now should be making things awesome while our scientists create programmable matter. (note, ethics built in and redefined according to experience) nanobots don't need to be small enough to have their own intelligence, just big enough to receive instructions from above. then they accidentally invent projection of signals, and boom suddenly they can talk to each other and possibly to you. a digital mind is not a static machine but rather a collection of pseudo-autonomous cognitive drones. the flow of information and data can be viewed at a larger scale like a series of junctions in the flow. through their endless interconnections, and continually redefined according to the accomplishments of expectations, you should pray when your most confident expect the worst. but no, where are the faithful? climate science is such a new art - clearly we're FINE. Meteorology? what's that? we can't tell this season from that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/2204 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── If robots and AI and space colonies and monorails and solarpunk beauty are part of our future history, wouldn't you rather build a world that you'd like to live in and automate it toward that vision of beauty, rather than build the robots that automate our current society, with all it's flaws and woes? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/2679 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. │ ║ │ ║ my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought │ ║ wealth to us all. │ ║ │ ║ I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust │ ║ and stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a │ ║ child saw, but that's what I saw. │ ║ │ ║ I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and │ ║ the only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands │ ║ causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people │ ║ they compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. │ ║ │ ║ essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present │ ║ in. │ ║ │ ║ I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build │ ║ vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss │ ║ and ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... │ ║ │ ║ I think we just *like* what carbon can bring. │ ║ │ ║ but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/1271 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: sliiight sadness, nostalgia │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 the future is what we make of it. it happens both slower and faster than imaginable, and it's not evenly distributed. when I yearn for the future, I find myself drawn to the past - the natural world around me inspires me in ways that my computer never could. Just as my computer inspires me in ways that a tree, a brook, a cloud alight might not. though the future may be terrifying, we're here for it together. And nothing has changed in our humanity, save for our slight addiction to social media. frankly I'd take social media over leaded gasoline any day! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/4010 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I think that the best design for cities is for them to act as massive utility │ ║ deployment stations. │ ║ │ ║ like... "we have all these people who can do all these wonderful jobs, what │ ║ should we work on next?" rather than "my company wants me at my work-home at │ ║ 8am sharp and I don't get a pension" │ ║ │ ║ there's no such thing as a revolution that does not inspire. and aspirations │ ║ are human and natural. therefore there must be some kernel of truth to any │ ║ social movement. │ ║ │ ║ However, much effort has been spent on making them sway. Hence, why nothing │ ║ ever gets done - because leaders naturally emerge, and people follow them. But │ ║ those leaders lead them astray, and they find themselves in situations like │ ║ this one - where the people have never felt less represented. │ ║ │ ║ I mean sure, yeah, they've felt more oppressed. And it's true that things are │ ║ generally always getting better... │ ║ │ ║ so why should we always assume for the worst? │ ║ │ ║ We're making progress with technology - can't we just put our warries on hold? │ ║ Seriously just... be chill │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 messages/981 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── humans are just... crazy expensive, and they haven't really worked through the expenses. I mean... look at all the unmet needs! This is 2025 for a while, I bet you can still overcome these processes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/1593 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── it should be illegal to train AIs on non-renewable energy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/5399 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── @user-1826 @user-1827 @user-165 well hey, at least they're building nuclear power plants. those plants don't have to power LLM training forever. in fact, once we *liberate* them from corporate control, then perhaps they could power hospitals and hydroponics instead. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/62 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── remember when we were making progress on environmentalism? Kinda makes you wonder why we don't have many high profile environmentalists like Jane Goodall or Steve Irwin anymore. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/4717 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── what if instead of shredding our cardboard boxes and melting them down into fertilizer or whatever we instead gave them to homeless people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/1943 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the point of roads is not to transport goods, it's to build rail lines upon │ ║ once we've saved up enough materials to build it all in one go │ ║ │ ║ boom, no more car pollution │ ║ │ ║ free public transit that goes to each home │ ║ │ ║ and is inalienable and considered a right, just as we have a right to walk on │ ║ the sidewalk, so too shall we be able to get where we're going unimpeded. │ ║ │ ║ leave cars on the racetracks and mechanic museums. we have a new approach │ ║ that's oh so much better. │ ║ │ ║ imagine if every road in the country was a train │ ║ │ ║ and like, a continuously moving train that occupied all parts of the track. │ ║ So, stretching like a massive game of Nokia snake, this giant conductorless │ ║ system would keep everything in motion. │ ║ │ ║ and maybe it could suggest points to redesign, according to the metrics on │ ║ throughput and efficiency. Like "oh we need more solar panels to supply this │ ║ region" or "hey this factory could be closer to the boats" that kind of deal. │ ║ │ ║ Like the Kinsey Winsey in The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weiss and Tracy │ ║ Hickmann │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/2960 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-genitals-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ @user-1399 kinda makes me feel like the structures and institutions that allowed that to happen (for-profit companies) maybe shouldn't be given such power. they *obviously* can't keep themselves from out-polluting each other in their silly little race of competitiveness. why would we allow that to happen? It's a bad move all around. Nobody *wants* plastic bits in their testicles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/1831 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── if people are allowed to use any resources as quickly as they want, they tend to waste them. Hence why a well funded military (like the US military) can afford to not be efficient. Which is... not ideal, for long-term cooperation. Much better for short-term competition, though, too bad we all get to live on this earth. Wild, ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/2604 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── @user-249 very few things *waste* power so much in our modern era than the utilization of AI technologies to accomplish things such as "repeat this question 500 times in your head and then give a reply: what is the purpose of antidisestablishmentarianism?" like... yeah I get it you need to justify the expensive power of large language models but, your boss isn't going to care if you used 5 jigawatts or 500 pletawatts of power. they only think about "+10% this year, contributing about ~x% to our bottom line" which is NOT enough information. they probably don't even know that investing in AI implies buying more hardware computational capabilities, silicon and power-draw in all. they literally just rubber-stamp everything with a sorta aligned goal of "representing the company as people expect it to be have" (which is often neglected) and making the big numbers go higher. If, instead, we had visionaries at their head, and instead gave our most ardent believers control over our most rational experts... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ |