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    6 days ago

    I get the point of the comic, but you could do the same with a lot of things. “For fun” is a perfectly valid reason.

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      6 days ago

      I mean, you are technically correct, however, almost every single other thing that you can do “For fun” doesn’t heat the planet at the same rate as AI.

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        almost every single other thing that you can do “For fun” doesn’t heat the planet at the same rate as AI.

        That’s not true lol

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        I understand, but in that case, you can just say “that’s a waste of energy, breath and time” instead of asking why.

        At least ai can be powered with renewables. Not the case for cars.

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          Nah, it can’t.

          It burns up GPUs. I don’t know if you know what GPUs are made of, but it ain’t kitten purrs and unicorn farts.

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            With that logic, using you car burns your car.

            GPUs and cars and not consumables. It’s not something they use for a month and throw away, nor is something they don’t care if they break. They take care of the GPUs so that they las as long as possible

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              Exactly.

              Cars can be powered by electricity just like this stupid “AI” can and theoretically, that electricity could be generated by renewable energy sources.

              Both are leaving other (non-renewable) items involved in their manufacture and maintenance out of the equation in order to equivocate for their potential as eco-friendly hobbies.

              The answer is simple: neither are eco-friendly hobbies.

              😆

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    I think a far better question is “at what cost”. Because “It’s fun” is a totally fine answer for hers.

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      This is the most “I use arch BTW” comment I’ve read in forever. We are all so impressed

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    6 days ago

    i mean, weird filters have been a thing for a while now. i don’t get them, but they were on a phone i bought in like 2014. i could add ar dinosaurs to photos.

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    No, your use of AI in real life does not impress me, it actually makes me think less of you as a person.