• iegod@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Yes, but it uses an ungodly amount of power

    Wha. You can self host stable diffusion on your home pc. There’s nothing ungodly about the power requirements. The claims are wildly exaggerated, and worse, never verified by those using them as some kind of gotcha.

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      As I have done in the past, and nothing has come close to its level of power consumption. Similarly, there’s more to AI than just making the images. By downloading and using generative AI, you’re supporting their creation, which is currently using more energy than some small countries, even the open source ones