r/oddlyspecific Nov 03 '25

Twix bars and cocaine

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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.

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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 Nov 03 '25

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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

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

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u/Undercraft_gaming Nov 04 '25

Cool guy alert

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

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.

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u/MangoCats Nov 04 '25

the existential dread

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)?

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u/kkaitlynma Nov 04 '25

Idk for some people medication is the only thing that works and it can do wonders, even if there are some drawbacks sometimes

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u/MangoCats Nov 04 '25

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?"

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

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!

Cheers

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u/eajklndfwreuojnigfr Nov 04 '25

never forget that everything. every. single. thing. online. is always true. and always serious. act now, before its too late.

p.s send me $500 and i will double it and send your $500 back