Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 @lupyuen@qoto.org

@lupyuen I read somewhere, think it may have been in straits Times, that because it is an island state & the large number of tall buildings in a small area & when it blows from the sea, the wind gets stuck between the buildings which causes the increase of heat as the air becomes stagnant. It also increases the need for air conditioning in the already humid tropical climate.

@smlx4 @lupyuen There certainly a lot the Singapore could do to improve on the climate side, and reducing the amount of AC usage is one thing. However, pointing the finger at individual's use of AC is feels similar to how individuals are being told to fix the climate crisis by not using sraws.

It's part of directing attention away from the real climate criminals. The ones that are responsible for a vast majority of emissions.

@loke @lupyuen There’s a lot of finger pointing in many countries, especially the rich with resources. Everyone has to come to terms & realize that laws, use of science & expertise are needed as there’s only one planet to live on. The western world has to shoulder a large part of the work as they have used most of the resources for a better & more comfortable life for decades. Many developing countries need help to get on their feet.

@smlx4 @lupyuen Oh for sure. I absolutely don't want to give the SG government a free pass here.

My argument is that the current discuourse on the topic focuses a lot on making individuals feel responsible. "turn off the lights", "don't use straws", "take the stairs instead of the lift" (the last one is good advice, but not for climate reasons).

@lupyuen Having the norm to air-condition everything is not going to help Singapore to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, unfortunately. It’s rather the opposite considering the amount of energy that takes.

@lupyuen I already had some success with those models locally on M1 and M2 cpu. I just need to make my own API and then I have my own personal generative AI to remplace me for the mondain things so I have more time to chill out. What could go wrong… 😂 Worth it either way.

@lupyuen would be interesting to do it locally with a #llm you have control on without being dependent of #OpenAI. I’m thinking about migrating to #Vicuna or #Falcon.

https://lmsys.org/
https://falconllm.tii.ae