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by zekrioca 195 days ago
> but movie making is also energy intensive - people, sets, cameras, shooting, rendering, editing, etc.

Do you have at least the order of magnitude for this? Does it also consume as much water as data centers? Has the entertainment industry ever needed to attract US$7T within 5 years to do what it does?

> “AI is supposed to help humanity advance faster and make humanity more productive.”

Is it? How? Will it really advance life or it is just a probability? Advance in what way, and why do you think being faster is better, and if better, better at what? If it is a probability, what exact number is it? What if it doesn’t happen in the way you think it will?
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aurareturn 195 days ago 

  Do you have at least the order of magnitude for this? Does it also consume as much water as data centers? Has the entertainment industry ever needed to attract US$7T within 5 years to do what it does?
No I don't. But I wanted to call that out.

  Is it? How? Will it really advance life or it is just a probability? Advance in what way, and why do you think being faster is better, and if better, better at what? If it is a probability, what exact number is it? What if it doesn’t happen in the way you think it will?
These are all decent questions. I don't have the answer. However, I do know that movies and shows are for entertainment. They do not enhance productivity.
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