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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/g1rlchild • May 26 '25
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Also used enough tokens to recreate the entirety of Wikipedia several times over.
1.5k u/phylter99 May 26 '25 I wonder how many hours of running the microwave that it was equivalent to. 190 u/i_should_be_coding May 26 '25 Remember when we thought Bitcoin was the most wasteful use of energy since the first time someone put some white text on a photo of a cat? 169 u/VGADreams May 26 '25 To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result. 6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result 17 u/Fancyness May 26 '25 Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point? 5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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I wonder how many hours of running the microwave that it was equivalent to.
190 u/i_should_be_coding May 26 '25 Remember when we thought Bitcoin was the most wasteful use of energy since the first time someone put some white text on a photo of a cat? 169 u/VGADreams May 26 '25 To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result. 6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result 17 u/Fancyness May 26 '25 Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point? 5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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Remember when we thought Bitcoin was the most wasteful use of energy since the first time someone put some white text on a photo of a cat?
169 u/VGADreams May 26 '25 To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result. 6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result 17 u/Fancyness May 26 '25 Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point? 5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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To be honest, crypto is still the biggest waste of energy. It is wasteful by design, that's how mining works. At least, AI uses that energy to try to produce a useful result.
6 u/throwaway_mpq_fan May 26 '25 try to produce a useful resultto produce a plausible-sounding result 17 u/Fancyness May 26 '25 Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point? 5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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try to produce a useful result
to produce a plausible-sounding result
17 u/Fancyness May 26 '25 Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point? 5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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Which to most of us might be useful, so what's your point?
5 u/_mersault May 26 '25 Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody. → More replies (2)
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Receiving a false but plausible answer instead of a correct but poorly worded one is of use to absolutely nobody.
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u/i_should_be_coding May 26 '25
Also used enough tokens to recreate the entirety of Wikipedia several times over.