Training a modest machine-learning model uses more carbon than the manufacturing and lifetime use of five automobiles

GulliverFoyle · June 8, 2019, 12:15am

Very true. However, the ecological impact of hydroelectric to a specific waterway and its basin, while bad, is incomparable to the systemic global ecological impact of fossil fuels. There is no way fossil fuels should ever be preferred over other power sources.

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Training a modest machine-learning model uses more carbon than the manufacturing and lifetime use of five automobiles

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