Almonds Can't Do Math
That is equal to 115 liters of almond milk. There is more almond milk at my local Whole Foods rn than it took to train ChatGPT.
In sustainability, it is important not to look at numbers just quantitatively, but also to consider them qualitatively. We need to consider what are appropriate replacements for the things that we are trying to replace. For example, does almond milk have any particular replacements that serve the same purpose of a non-dairy milk substitute?
As a user of these models, particularly ChatGPT, we need to recognize that they are doing math and thinking. We are outsourcing our thinking to these models, and these models are creating new things collaboratively with their users that can't be replaced currently.
I pray that one day we can look forward to a future of nuclear energy, and more efficient algorithms, and where public opinion doesn't run away with a few headlines without comparing problems to each other in a vacuum from a level headed perspective. Almonds can't do math, after all.
