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You’re missing or ignoring my point. If the energy is provided by carbon neutral sources, then the amount used is irrelevant. That should be our goal. And I don’t know where you’re getting the notion that water resources are " boiled dry" or that gpu heat has any meaningful impact on the climate, but those aren’t actual issues.

And for the record, I’m not defending LLMs or generative images here. That bubble would be better off bursting, but the energy use isn’t why. Hell, it may be the only good aspect of the whole thing. With MS booting up old nuclear reactors, maybe it will revitalize interest so can make some use of that technology.

No, in this case I’m referring to the electric grid and what powers it.

Energy demands are only going to increase as we replace gas with electric alternatives. The problem you’re pointing to is an issue with the current infrastructure.

That bar you’re bragging about stepping over is subterranean.

If we’re trying to avoid WWIII, yes. It sucks and is unfair, but the responsible choice isn’t always the fair choice.

*Jeez y’all, I’m not saying to just roll over and die here. There are other ways to respond that aren’t “send an international force of soldiers into war, all but guaranteeing worldwide war between nuclear powers”. There’s a necessary calculus here that’s just a few steps above grade school level retribution.

They think they get to wipe their hands of it because they “didn’t participate”, refusing to concede that said choice still counts as their participation. Through ignorance, cruelty, and/or privilege, they’ll blame everyone else for the state of the world while refusing to do their part.

You say that, but spicy chips in the convenience store I worked at sold far faster than any other option. That will obviously vary by location, but the customers exist in large numbers. Any exec choosing to chase more customers with that tactic will just drive their existing customers away.

If you buy a Tesla at this point, you deserve to be stuck with it.

I drove an older model (I think) Tesla for the first time recently and that signal was dumb as hell. I can only imagine what fuckery’s been added since.

Then don’t? They’re not saying everyone needs to shell out $20 for every order…

Turns out some places are different. Weird, right?

It’s seriously pathetic how big and shitty he tries to act around US allies, but he bends over backwards to praise antagonistic countries and straight up dictators. He’s so transparent.

This tech is going to completely derail communication and discussion in modern society and all people here are talking about is how weird they look or how it’s “the same” as news already. That’s…not great.

yes…“hilarious”…

I’m not sure what idea I hate more: Blank faced puppet cg reporters reciting horrible events, or cg puppets acting sad about their reports. Both are just…not fun.

NFTs sucked hard, but this is Fake News on ketamine mixed with steroids. Maybe not this channel, but it’s gonna be a thing. This is wild.

Might even be able to adjust the “facts” they say, given a malicious enough company.

The deepest of ironies in a company allegedly made to report “facts”, primarily using artificiality to do so.

Even if they are completely earnest and honest, the tech they are helping spearhead is going to completely change how information is approached and will be one of the biggest challenges, if not the biggest challenge, we are going to face as a society in a long time. This is really unnerving to watch develop in front of my eyes.

“More efficient” in that there is zero point to be opposed by anyone else down the line. While it’s not like we’re getting a lot of resistance from media workers all the time right now, real people are going to have a breaking point if things go too far in some direction. Now all executives will need to worry about is appeasing an audience, and with robot reporters that will say anything and everything, that’s not a problem in the slightest.

Ethics never enter the equation. The highest priority in business is capital, and any company at the level of Netflix follows that maxim religiously. They may be seen following progressive trends, but any good they end up doing only stems from it being profitable to do so.

In other words - no, companies have never not been soulless, and it serves us well to always remember that.