[terminalshort]

Given that data centers use less energy than the alternative human labor they replace, they actually improve pollution. Replacing those GPUs with more efficient models also improves pollution because those replacements use less electricity for the same workload than the units they replaced.

[munificent]

This is such a wild take. You're 100% correct that AI-generated art consumes less resources that humans making art and having to, you know, eat food and stuff.

Obviously, the optimal solution is to eliminate all humans and have data centers do everything.

[terminalshort]

But that was his objection, so that's what I responded to.