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by sensanaty·1y ago·view on hn ↗
> just as oil is a finite resource, the internet contains a finite amount of human-generated content.

The oil comparison is really apt. Indeed, let's boil a few more lakes dry so that Mr Worldcoin and his ilk can get another 3 cents added to their net worth, totally worth it.

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I understand the oil analogy, but not your leap. What lake is getting boiled?
they are referring to the "water footprint" of LLMs. https://deepgram.com/learn/how-ai-consumes-water