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TacticalCoder 5 hours ago

What I find really amazing is that the same ones who kept saying that cars were/are wasteful and that kept making fun of cryptocurrencies and complaining about the high energy usage to mine Bitcoin are now head first spending $$$ on the most energy intensive endeavour the human race ever invented: AI.

I mean: there are literally people spending $200 and more per month to have their personal, a bit schizophrenic, assistant engage moreover in conspicuous consumption for them.

Now as to my take on it: I think energy, when it comes to 8 billion humans, is basically infinite so I think it's only a matter of converting enough of that energy that either is or reaches our planet into a usable form. So I don't mind energy consumption.

But it'd be nice if could we at least have those who use AI not being hypocrites and stop criticizing Bitcoin mining and ICE cars? (by ICE I mean "Internal Combustion Engine" in case you thought I was talking about other kind of cars)

From now on you're only allowed to criticize ICE cars and Bitcoin mining if you don't use AI.