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Given that data centers use less energy than the alternative human labor they replace, they actually improve pollution. Replacing those GPUs with more efficien
by terminalshort 10mo ago
Given that data centers use less energy than the alternative human labor they replace, they actually improve pollution. Replacing those GPUs with more efficient models also improves pollution because those replacements use less electricity for the same workload than the units they replaced.
- munificent 10mo agoThis is such a wild take. You're 100% correct that AI-generated art consumes less resources that humans making art and having to, you know, eat food and stuff. Obviously, the optimal solution is to eliminate all humans and have data centers do everything.
- terminalshort 10mo agoBut that was his objection, so that's what I responded to.