When looking at calculations of the environmental impact of LLM systems, consider carefully where the system boundary is drawn.
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When looking at calculations of the environmental impact of LLM systems, consider carefully where the system boundary is drawn.
eg. Is the increased energy usage of the servers being scraped for source data included? Or the increased energy usage of every 3rd-party browser doing proof of work just to access the site? What about the network in between?
If I punch you in the face, and we want to measure the pain caused, we need to consider more than just how *my* hand feels afterwards.
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When looking at calculations of the environmental impact of LLM systems, consider carefully where the system boundary is drawn.
eg. Is the increased energy usage of the servers being scraped for source data included? Or the increased energy usage of every 3rd-party browser doing proof of work just to access the site? What about the network in between?
If I punch you in the face, and we want to measure the pain caused, we need to consider more than just how *my* hand feels afterwards.
@dentangle
That's right. How many times can the pain in your hands be multiplied to figure out the pain in the face of that punched person? -
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