Report Carbon equivalent footprint of a user requests
I think I do not have to explain that energy consumption of LLMs even doing only inférence is high.
Since Proton has always promoted transparency over source code of its tools, I believe it should also pioneer transparency on this matter.
There exist libraries to wrap function calls and estimate co2 équivalent (e.g. mlco2)
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Neko
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What the ?
"I think I do not have to explain that energy consumption of LLMs" <- yes you do. Why? because it's not the definition but the reason why.
But let me do it for you, however keep in mind i only give oversimplied (not valid as a standalone statments) of the situations on the ideea that 1. you will understand they are "keyword" to use to know what to look for. 2nd: i am posting a comment not a lecture
Even if you have a smart TV, if you connect the smart tv to the internet and all, then anything you give to the tv (yes, even music, pc (yes, hdmi) and more), if the TV displays visual, and auditive data, as well as other data, including when you turn it off or on, what you watch, ALL are recorded by the TV, and since it's the TV there is no VPN or otherwise, it's exactly like having a live camera, except Ultra HD. And even if you turn off the internet, the ai will still keep records and will continue to collect information, ready to send it when you connect the TV back online. <- Look up ACR and privacy
Do you understand that the whole "inférence is high" is exactly because big comapnies use phones, programs,
Like did you know, windows's .txt and paint now have ai to ensure there is an excuse why all the information and drawing you do is being collected by microsoft, who you know, collets all those for marketing purpuse so they can add all this information to your Ad ID <- ask gemin about this since google is next level. And once all those info are on your ad ID, who don't worry, does not have your name, just everything else, it will be shared will all of microsoft's parnert. And don't worry, even if you declined all, they will still recived all of them since the terms and condition where "done" during the installation of windows, even if someone else pressed the "agree".
You use a phone? it's recording what you are doing. and this is a hardware thing so no. Especially if they are called Apple or Brave where sure, they preventing others, but that is because they are getting rid of competitors because they are creating their own AD ID to make money of your personal data.
So, how many people have iphone and other apple products? How about Microsoft? google ? X? Facebook? Also brands that sell TV, Phones, even game consles. All activly collecting people's data. Look up siri, alexa, and all the other ai how many collected data without people even realising, including in intime moments, in the middle of the night <- and this includes stuff like children being filmed and random people seeing it because of the loopholes of privacy
So of course there is a "inférence is high" "Carbon" if all the devices around the whole globe are active busy to collect people's information for the people who want to sell them.
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AT
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nah waste of time
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FluddStop
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Underrated but deeply important request I feel. Proton has the opportunity to make Lumo so much more than just another AI model by being ethically transparent on top of maintaining secure privacy. I really hope this suggestion doesn't get lost in the waves-- it's a small touch but one that could really boost the company's image and make people more mindful of what they prompt.