Arguments by aesthetics fare poorly in forums where a large portion of the folks would replace humans with AI. We're the end stage of utilitarianism: getting

Arguments by aesthetics fare poorly in forums where a large portion of the folks would replace humans with AI. We're the end stage of utilitarianism: getting rid of centuries old C3 energy producers of alkanes because the grove is "inefficient" and loudly extolling the beauty of pieces of black glass. The solutions to the energy problems are largely solved and have been since the 70s, conservation. Meanwhile, guys like Gates have been bemoaning cow's rectal emissions while AI (ie Microsoft, of which he is a major shareholder) is becoming the larger consumer of energy to train AI.