• Turret3857@infosec.pub
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    4 days ago

    The core of the post, regardless of the “like 400W running for a minute” is “why the fuck do I have to suffer in 80°+ inside heat while AI companies don’t have to reduce any sort of electrical intake during the heatwave”

    If I had to pick between having AC or AI, I’m picking AC every time. Fuck would I even do with AI while im burning up at 104°

    “ChatGPT tell me how to prevent heat stroke” “Dinosaurs used to eat rocks. Have you tried eating a rock?”

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      4 days ago

      Difference being AC per capita uses a shitload more energy than AI does per capita. Also in AI, the costly part is done once and is done till a new model gets trained. AC is on 24/7.

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        4 days ago

        AC typically provides real value. (Not counting when people air condition empty rooms, but that’s also a thing corporations typically do more).

        AI is often worthless or counter productive.

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          That’s your opinion. Fact is that AI is used worldwide by lots of people to great success. It doesn’t work everywhere, it isn’t “a tool to end all tools”, but saying AI is worthless when using air conditioning isn’t, is straight up false, especially if you take into account how much power is used by people / businesses using AC and how much power is used by AI.