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[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get the point of the comic, but you could do the same with a lot of things. "For fun" is a perfectly valid reason.

[–] Killer57@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, you are technically correct, however, almost every single other thing that you can do "For fun" doesn't heat the planet at the same rate as AI.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 7 points 2 months ago

almost every single other thing that you can do "For fun" doesn't heat the planet at the same rate as AI.

That's not true lol

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I understand, but in that case, you can just say "that's a waste of energy, breath and time" instead of asking why.

At least ai can be powered with renewables. Not the case for cars.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it can't.

It burns up GPUs. I don't know if you know what GPUs are made of, but it ain't kitten purrs and unicorn farts.

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With that logic, using you car burns your car.

GPUs and cars and not consumables. It's not something they use for a month and throw away, nor is something they don't care if they break. They take care of the GPUs so that they las as long as possible

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Exactly.

Cars can be powered by electricity just like this stupid "AI" can and theoretically, that electricity could be generated by renewable energy sources.

Both are leaving other (non-renewable) items involved in their manufacture and maintenance out of the equation in order to equivocate for their potential as eco-friendly hobbies.

The answer is simple: neither are eco-friendly hobbies.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think a far better question is "at what cost". Because "It's fun" is a totally fine answer for hers.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Not everything has to have a purpose.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

'what for' is a question asked of pretty much every scientific advance, useful or not.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As a mod of Fuck_AI, I approve of blue shirt's attitude!

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 months ago

This is the most "I use arch BTW" comment I've read in forever. We are all so impressed

[–] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 2 months ago

i mean, weird filters have been a thing for a while now. i don't get them, but they were on a phone i bought in like 2014. i could add ar dinosaurs to photos.

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The brunette seems fun

[–] Killer57@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago

No, your use of AI in real life does not impress me, it actually makes me think less of you as a person.