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• paradox 30 Nov 2025 9:03 UTC

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  on: Why Does EA Fo­cus on Ve­ganism but Not Other Boy­cotts?

  Grok and other large language models developed by xAI are also subject to boycott discussions, mainly due to environmental concerns. Training and operating advanced AI models consumes enormous amounts of electricity and water, and requires large data centers that generate substantial carbon emissions. Some researchers estimate that training a single cutting-edge model can emit as much carbon as several cars do over their entire lifetimes. For this reason, some people avoid using Grok or refuse to financially support xAI, believing that doing so reduces demand for energy-intensive AI systems that contribute to climate damage.

  I am being pedantic here but this is mostly misleading. @Andy Masley has done great work on this already. Please check: https://​​andymasley.substack.com/​​p/​​ai-and-the-environment

• paradox 1 Nov 2025 11:26 UTC

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  on: How many peo­ple would be kil­led as a di­rect re­sult of a US-Rus­sia nu­clear ex­change?

  I am curious if we can neutralise incoming nuclear weapons in the air like we do conventional missiles. As far as I know, nuclear weapons have a very sophisticated detonation system which wouldn’t trigger if any fires are shot at the weapon. What do you, or any other think of these defenses? Are these feasible?