It's also such a stupid question to ask. No one doubts AI needs fuckton of power. Not the fanboys or the haters or even the don't-cares.

What next? "I emailed Donald Knuth—who confirmed software does mostly run on computers"? "I at-ed the Pope who confirmed that he is currently a Catholic"?

But if it wasn’t AI it would be something else. Remember when Bitcoin was consuming all the energy and destroying the environment?

I asked Florida man if there's a gator in the nearby lake, he said prolly