@pauldaoust
To be fair that is more of an intentionally provocative number, as OpenAI won't disclose energy use. There are estimates claiming that one ChatGPT query costs (in money) 100x more than a Google search, or consumes 10x as much energy. And one ChatGPT session, to get the response you want, can be estimated at 10 prompts.
But in the end there are many examples of things that can be done in more environmentally friendly ways. For example, writing a speech for a wedding. There's a lof of that going around now. Another way to write a speech for a wedding is pen and paper, and from the heart 😊
More on carbon costs here:
https://axbom.com/aielements/#carbon-costs
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@Cleopatra
I understand what you mean, with a caveat: how would you use it without harming those who were already harmed during the development of the AI?
I agree that AI is not intrinsically bad (it *is* a tool), but the examples we are seeing today of how they are manufactured in dangerous ways and designed to mislead contributes to negative impact. This means that you can't dismiss harms by saying that it's *just* a tool.
@brooklynman From having to think… 😬
@brooklynman
Yeah I agree with your point. I’d say my main concern is that the statement itself removes accountability and consideration for the bigger picture effects. Saying something is just a tool creates the faulty mental model of all tools having interchangeable qualities frrom an ethical perspective, which simply isn’t true.
Which is just me repeating what you just said. 😂
The word to watch out for is ”just”. If we instead said ”it’s a tool” that would make more sense. The word ”just” is there to shed accountability.
@rm4
Thanks, yeah Soapbox is mentioned and linked in the blog post. There are quite a few that aren't in the infographic but are mentioned in the blog post. Fitting them all in the diagram would make it overly complicated I believe.
Not even the software I'm using myself (Akkoma) is in the diagram. I don't use Mastodon.
If a service becomes especially relevant to add to the infographic due to sudden growth or media coverage I'll consider adding it to the infographic. But I always welcome new ones that can be added to the associated blog post.
https://axbom.com/fediverse/
@samuel @konstellationen
Skriver ju mycket om digital etik och ansvarsfull innovation. Dock 85% på engelska. 😊
@iamlayer8 @vincent @emilymbender
+1 for Pocket Casts. I also use filters to group different podcasts. This also means I can have two different filters with the same podcast in them.
https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2019/09/24/filters/
@m I've been using Raindrop for a few years now. Absolutely love it.
It's also how I share my digital ethics links on a public page:
https://raindrop.io/axbom/digital-ethics-6334413
@m
Exactly. I know this is a sensitive topic in the design industry, but as I’ve always coded I know and appreciate the huge benefits of something that behaves like the final product.
And I don’t think all designers should be able to do this (but to at least understand the material they are working with), but my feeling is that the deep feature set of FIgma is becoming more akin to coding than designing. Which can be alright if it creates value that is not better achieved another way, it’s just a different type of profession. And I’m an old geezer trying to make sense of the world. 😅
@esbenrahbek Tack Esben!
@simeon This is fair. I think I'm mostly concerned about how much effort is put into high fidelity. I often do rough sketches with a pen, move stuff around, test, get feedback. Combinations of paper, digital whiteboards and Keynote (quirky I know, but also extremely fast). Then I head to HTML :)
I feel the learning curve for all of Figma's features is similar to the learning curve of learning HTML and CSS, but I do acknowledge there are collaboration benefits.
I know my process is far from "standard" 😅
@steveportigal Oh wow I had no idea they were shutting down.
@ikt
Yeah, sorry about that. I honestly have a hard time writing about stuff like this but I feel like it will only be worse if it's ignored and/or not talked about.
@hperrin
Unibox is kinda like this. I used it for a while and really liked it. Can’t remember now why I stopped using it.
https://www.uniboxapp.com/
@Lyude
@fasterandworse
Thank you! I've honestly been bad at recognising this and bringing attention to it. So much taken for granted all the time.
@shimriez
I can not see who you are conversing with (likely a limit in place) but it is far from my intent that anyone feel this poster implies Africa to be inferior (myself born in Liberia and have lived in Tanzania).
I'm happy to change wording if there is a suggestion?
And yes you are correct in assuming this rather calls out digital colonisation issues.
Many of these topics are explained further in my blog post on The Elements of AI Ethics:
https://axbom.com/aielements/
@timnitGebru
@fasterandworse
Ah, no. Thanks, added to my playlist.
@tante
@fasterandworse
Oh excellent. Make sure to ping me when you're done.
@tante