Yes indeed, yet my point is that we training models TODAY so if keep on not caring, then we do postpone the same problem, cf lemmy.world/post/30563785/17400518

Basically yes, use trained model today if you want but if you don’t set a trend then despite the undeniable ecological impact, there will be no corrective measure.

It’s not enough to just say “Oh well, it used a ton of energy. We MUST use it now.”

Anyway, my overall point was that training takes a ton of energy. I’m not asking your or OP or anyone else NOT to use such models. I’m solely pointing out that doing so without understand the process that lead to such models, including but not limited to energy for training, is naive at best.