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Written by Martijn Faassen on 2025-01-19 at 17:10

I see a lot of people talk about the horrific environmental impact of AI. This article puts it in perspective:

https://andymasley.substack.com/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for

I haven't reviewed the numbers so it's possible the whole article is wrong, but it does strike me that the central point that energy usage needs to be evaluated in context is important.

I see a meme about how generating a tiny picture needs a whole city to be shut down (an absurd exaggeration), and I wonder how this compares to the energy cost of PC gaming.

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