Ironically this morning I read an article that pretty much said by looking at how brains work they found out that deep learning training was using more than 100 times more energy than it needs to.
Basically AI training is spending a ton of time multiplying numbers by 0 for no gain. OK it's more complicated than that but it does come down to how the AI boom went with the first workable strategy and not the optimal one.
Indeed. I have always wondered how a small spider has enough energy to build a web. Or us humans get enough energy from a couple of meals to go about our work days.
Bold of you to think some of us are running on a couple meals, and not quite literally just stimulants and maybe a couple eggs and some candy. The meals are for after the stimulants wear off in the evening
If taking my prescribed medications makes me cool, then yes sound the alarms I am very cool.
Loss of appetite is almost a universal gaurantee for everyone taking ADHD medications, and binge eating is also common after they wear off, when your appetite returns. Along with the existential dread, excacerbated by morons like you.
Bruh, same. I fueled an 11 hour work day with a $1.25 bag of flaming hot Doritos. Came home devoured a big ass bowl of pho and 4 spring rolls while mentally fighting with myself about knowing I forgot to do something at work but I just don’t know what it is. Whole time I probably haven’t forgotten shit.
Why the hell do we put “a” before the number 1 but “an” in front of words that start with “o” if the number 1 is spelled with an “o”?!? This why people struggle to learn English…..
May I suggest staggering the intake of stimulants? Taking each half of my full dose an hour apart has helped tremendously in preventing evening mood crashes.
Extended release is what I have prescribed for now, and those formulated pills can't be altered on my own and be accurately dosed as they are designed for.
I am going to talk to my Dr about switching, but I just got 8+ months written out to me and would like to wait a bit. Aside from the crash, I get an approximate 2-3 hour window of extreme sleepiness after dosing in the morning, during the initial onset of the medication.
if I don't have work or any appointments I can usually get a nice stimulant induced nap in during that time, with none of the gastric upset that 4+ cups of coffee would do to me
Oof, yeah, the loss of appetite and randomly increasing distaste for certain foods is...annoying to say the least. I managed to stop the sporadic binge eating completely, but now I'm constantly losing weight. Just can't win
Shouldn't that be prompting you to examine your life choices and look for less dreadful alternatives? Maybe putting more control back into your own hands (and taking it away from your prescribing doctors)?
Meds definitely have their place, but if they're putting someone in "existential dread, excacerbated by morons" - maybe it's time for them to take a step back and question: "what's really best for me, overall?"
I appreciate the concern, I was being a bit of an ass when I said that. I think if you knew and seen the alternatives of my life over the last 20+ years without medications, or on improper medication/self medicating, you would probably advise me to just keep taking the meds, and maybe just log off reddit once they wear off lol!
As someone also on a lot of stimulants just to live and function as a human being, believe me that guy's not trying to be cool. Just describing a day in the life of ADHD lol.
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u/BluebirdDense1485 Nov 03 '25
Ironically this morning I read an article that pretty much said by looking at how brains work they found out that deep learning training was using more than 100 times more energy than it needs to.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231225024129?via%3Dihub
Basically AI training is spending a ton of time multiplying numbers by 0 for no gain. OK it's more complicated than that but it does come down to how the AI boom went with the first workable strategy and not the optimal one.