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The Luddite tendencies on the left are very frustrating. I agree that AI is an energy-intensive centralizing force contributing to even wider inequality, but not using it is giving away its power to the enemy.

It's as if we aimed to defeat tanks and planes with sticks and stones.

I've found that deepseek has been a good conversation starter around open-source and decentralized AI.

Many of the valid complaints are specific to centralized AI, especially when it comes to resource hoarding/waste, pollution, use of data, weaponization, etc.. The problem is capitalism, not AI.

I haven't kept up with deepseek enough, how does it help on this topic? It uses much less energy right?

Computer Scientist who just thinks onchain is neat. /formative

It's popularity has caused some folks to realize that open-source AI is a thing, and reconsider their assumptions that AI = egregious waste.