ai and us

[The History Man]

@al

 

[al]

I can't be bothered to read something no-one can be bothered to write.

AI makes me retch.

Once AI starts posting, I'm off elsewhere.
(So it's not all bad eh?)

Hopefully, on my bike.

I have that effect on people.

al.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I have that effect on people.

al.

Was sorta waiting for this...

 

[highlandsflyer]

That sounds like it was written by AI.

The energy demands of AI are colossal. It's not for nothing that Amazon, Google and Meta want to triple the world's nuclear power by 2050 (https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/). No doubt, there are very good uses for AI in medicine and other areas that justify some increased energy usage, but is it really worth it for trivial purposes like compiling 'Show Us Your Hooger Boogers' threads?

"The energy demands of AI are colossal. "
Not on the end user though!

 

[bikeworkshop]

"The energy demands of AI are colossal. "
Not on the end user though!

Just on the EndUser's planet

 

[highlandsflyer]

Just on the EndUser's planet

Yup, and they will brag how they are fed off renewables. Like millions of tons of concrete sunk into the rural idyll, and nuclear white elephants.

 

[bikeworkshop]

My electric car took about 10MWh to build.
Given its about 2x as efficient as our diesel car, its going to have to drive 30,000 miles to be greener than something that isn't very green at all.
Now, where is my bike?