@thankfulmachine@oldbytes.space
2026-09-15 09:25 UTC
Thinking about how GenAI uses insane amounts of resources, bring servers down, and have made the economic situation worse for people who want computer components, I want to attempt wording a principle of efficiency that covers this well but am having trouble phrasing it how I want.
I would say that a system should use resources proportional to their benefit, but that seems to not be quite enough, as people value things differently. However, I think the concept of depriving people of other benefits is pretty clear.
Is it enough to say that a system should use resources proportional to their universal benefit, without depriving other systems to provide their benefits.
Are there exceptions to this?
Replies (2)
-
@Kroc@oldbytes.space 2026-09-15 09:31
@thankfulmachine@oldbytes.space The resource usage of a system should not impact other's universal rights -- access to clean water, etc.
-
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt 2026-09-15 09:33
@thankfulmachine@oldbytes.space I fear that that too would be twisted by AI proponents, because they'd go for some ridiculous excuse , like "if there's 1% chance it can cure cancer in 10000 years it means it will save nearly infinite amount of lives of people who weren't even born yet and thus a billion or two dead in this century means nothing"