[azinman2]

But let’s say you were able to see it all somehow. Your lab was also the data center, powerplant, etc. You see the fans spinning, the turbines moving, and exhaust coming out. Do you change what you do? Or do you look around, see all the others doing the same and just say welp this is the tragedy of the commons.

I think it’s clear that people generally want to move to clean energy, and use less energy as a whole. That’s a gradual path. Maybe this reinforces the thinking, but ultimately you’re still causing damage. If you really truly cared about the damage, why would you do it at all?

I’m not a big fan of lip service. Just like all these land acknowledgements. Is a criminal more “ethical” if they say “I know I’m stealing from you” as they mug you? If you cared, give back your land and move elsewhere!

[pierrefdz]

yes I agree... But personally I do wonder what is best between (1) leaving without any impact on the rest of the herd, or (2) trying to be careful about what you do, raise awareness and try to move the herd in the good direction. I would personally go for (2) since usually the scale of these papers is still o(LLM training).