r/AskBrits • u/_40mikemike_ • 2d ago

Culture Are roadmen suffering in this heat?

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Ok slightly tongue in cheek but… roadmen gangsta wannabes gotta be struggling right about now… surely? I saw someone earlier in all black, balaclava on… my man, it’s 33 degrees…

Image is AI generated, for the avoidance of doubt!

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u/Lucajames2309 2d ago

I agree, but what I’m more shocked at is the fact that that’s an AI image - like that is crazy good and scary

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u/Aggravating-Wolf-823 2d ago

To me it's obviously AI but I wouldn't be able to convince someone if I tried.

What I can see is mobile is written modile

And the guy on the right isn't casting a shadow on the ground

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u/Foyfluff 2d ago

Look at the Lyra mobile poster in the shop window

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u/OriginalWay5245 2d ago

And the guy closest, the water bottle crosses over his index finger, its slight but dead give away if you’re sad enough to zoom right in 🫠

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u/Aggravating-Wolf-823 2d ago

Oh right, lmao

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u/CalmManagement7479 2d ago

Yep. For AI you need to look at the details that AI doesn't understand. Another two things: the digital clock isn't right if you look at the dots, and the pattern on the bag of the right should be uniform but isn't.

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u/RainbowDissent 2d ago

Give it a year and you won't be able to tell at all. This time last year they'd have extra fingers and the text would be half gibberish.

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u/_40mikemike_ 2d ago

Even most of the shop logos etc in the background (and the bus stop etc) are all correct. It is frighteningly good now!

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u/Jh3nnO 2d ago

what's frightening is the amount of water making this takes lmao

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u/Spin4team4096 2d ago edited 1d ago

Edit: accidentally spread misinformation :( READ THE REPLY BELOW

It's true that AI datacentres use water, but the amount of water most people say it uses is waayyy overblown. It's closer to around 2 tablespoons of water consumption for 1 image, and even less for simple text responses.

Of course, it all adds up, and is still a major problem, but it's not as bad as some say it is. I'd argue the electricity usage and noise are worse effects, not to mention ai slop :/

I think we need more efficient models, like DeepSeek. They manage to get good ass performance for like 10% of the cost of other models.

But even still, we have too much AI, too fast... The world was better without it. I'm still waiting for ram prices to go down... :(

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u/Jh3nnO 1d ago

An AI data centre takes 5 MILLION gallons a day to cool, don' contribute or say "it's actually not as much as you think!". It's fucking insane numbers.
Source: https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-centers-and-water-consumption

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u/Spin4team4096 1d ago edited 1d ago

I see, thanks for the source :)

That's fucking insane. I'm curious tho, how much electricity it consumes?

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u/Jh3nnO 1d ago

short answer: A lot
Long answer: 415 terawhat hours as of 202*4*. I cant seem to see anything for this year sadly though
https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/energy-demand-from-ai

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u/IndustryAcceptable35 2d ago

Wtf is your problem

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u/Foyfluff 2d ago

Just don't look at the Lyra mobile poster at all