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Critics Say Tech Industry Profits From Wasteful LLM Boom
Original: But here we run up against an unpleasant reality: the tech sector values the # LLM craze chiefly because it's outrageous
Commentators are arguing that the tech sector embraces the large language model boom not for its usefulness but because it is so resource-hungry. The claim is that AI companies grow richer the more money, energy and computing power get consumed, making inefficiency and constant expansion features of the business model rather than flaws. The critique ties AI enthusiasm to wider concerns about energy use and environmental costs.
Why now: Ongoing debate about the enormous energy and resource demands of the AI boom and who profits from it.
Evidence
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