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Vania
@dawookie.bsky.social

Hey, do we have enough data to calculate the cost of an AI data prompt in units of human lives? We asked Gemini but it just used calories, which isn't very useful. And I'd still very much like to get a sense of how much death was involved in the asking. Y'know.. ballpark.

cup
@cupcakewilleatu.eurosky.social

you just need to calculate how much calories you need to raise a human by that logic. not all feedstock it consumes gets used efficiently and you need to take into account other ppl (schooling, etc) and other energy infrastructure used during human lifetime

Vania
@dawookie.bsky.social

ok, our thinking the appropriate way to value a human life is in generic units of work-hours vs harm reduction potential is maybe WHY capitalism basically optimized to climate collapse. We really should tie currency more directly to destruction, though, so people can judge the real cost of things 🤔

Possible Cabbage 🟢
@possiblecabbage.bsky.social

Thank you for this. I make this joke all the time (e.g. "USB type A are fermions, USB type C are bosons") and thank you for providing something I can link to instead of trying to find a coffee cup to do the demonstration of 4pi symmetry.