• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    You can’t ban LLMs at this point, they’re too useful, it’s impossible to track their use, they could be run anywhere on the globe, and even open source models that you can run locally exist.

    The cat is out of the bag as they say.

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      6 months ago
      1. They are just toys basically
      2. Local LLMs are not that bad. Of course they’re 100x less efficient than a native calculator or search engine but very few % of people use them and tracking will probably use even more energy so it’s not that big of a deal. I don’t have much against research of AI so training is quite justified too (in terms of energy, not using data without permission). It’s only large commercial cloud-based solutions with enormous infrastructures that should probably be banned
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        6 months ago
        1. No they aren’t. They’re saving me multiple hours a week at my job. They’re a productivity multiplier for many tasks even in their current early state.

        2. If you don’t think every single cellphone manufacturer isn’t trying to jam a local model into their newest devices, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.