@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 5 months agoThese AI generated pics are becoming impossible to spotdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1imageThese AI generated pics are becoming impossible to spotdiscuss.tchncs.de@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•5 months agoPlus side is generating them is increasing global warming
minus-square@lugallink0•5 months agoYes and no. Generating images instead of not generating images? Increases global warming Generating vacation images instead of flying to vacation? Net benefit
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months ago Create 1,000 images with a model like Stable Diffusion XL, and you’ve produced as much carbon dioxide as driving just over four miles in a gas-powered car, according to the researchers Melissa spoke to. I would say that compares maybe be wrong. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/23/1092777/ai-is-an-energy-hog-this-is-what-it-means-for-climate-change/
Plus side is generating them is increasing global warming
Yes and no.
Generating images instead of not generating images? Increases global warming
Generating vacation images instead of flying to vacation? Net benefit
I would say that compares maybe be wrong.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/23/1092777/ai-is-an-energy-hog-this-is-what-it-means-for-climate-change/
How, that’s scary, thanks!