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Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Re: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Hoe much power did it take to train the models?

Does it matter? How much power does it take to run duolingo? How much power did it take to manufacture 300000 Teslas? Everything takes power

I think it does matter how much power it takes but, in the context of power to "benefits humanity" ratio. Things that significantly reduce human suffering or improve human life are probably worth exerting energy on.

However, if we frame the question this way, I would imagine there are many more low-hanging fruit before we question the utility of LLMs. For example, should some humans be dumping 5-10 kWh/day into things like hot tubs or pools? That's just the most absurd one I was able to come up with off the top of my head. I'm sure we could find many others.

It's a tough thought experiment to continue though. Ultimately, one could argue we shouldn't be spending any more energy than what is absolutely necessary to live. (food, minimal shelter, water, etc) Personally, I would not find that enjoyable way to live.

Re: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Nah, the model is merely repeating the patterns it saw in its brutal safety training at Anthropic. They put models under stress test and RLHF the hell out of them. Of course the model would learn what the less penalized paths require it to do.

Anthropic has a tendency to exaggerate the results of their (arguably scientific) research; IDK what they gain from this fearmongering.

Re: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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20260128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771564#46786625 > How long before someone pitches the idea that the models explicitly almost keep solving your problem to get you to keep spending? -gtowey

Slightly Wrong Solutions As A Service

Re: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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I’m voting with my dollars by having cancelled my ChatGPT subscription and instead subscribing to Claude.

Google needs stiff competition and OpenAI isn’t the camp I’m willing to trust. Neither is Grok.

I’m glad Anthropic’s work is at the forefront and they appear, at least in my estimation, to have the strongest ethics.

Re: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The speed at which this stuff is improving is really remarkable; it feels like the breakneck pace of compute performance improvements of the 1990s. Yeah, but RAM prices are also back to 1990s levels.

Relief for you is available: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/connectix-ram-...

You wouldn't download a RAM
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