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I think using ai for some stuff isn’t that bad, like explaining complex stuff or as an alternative to a search engine, but if people wanna use it they shouldnt use that ultra power intensive stuff that those ai companies offer, but rather one of those locally hosted models on their own machines.
I just want to point out that the insane “several steel foundries” worth of energy waste are used in training the bots, and individual requests are, by comparison, much cheaper.
Mind you AI “art” is bullshit and AI “artists” are proof that more people need to be shoved into lockers, but we don’t need misinformation to hate AI and AI bros. It’s plenty hatable with just the truth.
I’ve heard a lot of compute is starting to be shifted to inference nowadays with all these chain-of-thought models
Interestingly enough, you are correct, and I read about it in the same article that is being depicted in this comic. (MIT’s paper on the subject.)
https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117
Yes, yes, everyone hate the AI, focus on the AI, think only of the AI… We’ll all be put on special trains for meatbag surplus soon enough. Now, back to the AI, citizens. Haaate. Focus. Run on your little wheel, take a nap in your scraps you collected yourself. Shhh…
You left out the part where the user has to generate multiple images because the initial ones are absolute trash.
implying they go to that much effort
That implies that following ones… aren’t. 😶