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The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions
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Even before the energy usage comparison it is still a disaster. If these things were being powered by renewables and being cooled without using massive amounts of potable water, both of which are possible, then we could have that conversation. As it is, they are being built using the worst systems they could ecologically, including in some cases in the US straight up illegal gas turbine generators that they're getting away with because the government is in cahoots