[dwaltrip]

Can you provide numbers relative to things many of us already do?

- drive to the store or to work

- take a shower

- eat meat

- fly on vacation

And so on... thanks!

[Jaxan]

Of those things you mention, I only take showers (but not even everyday). But maybe I’m an outlier.

[daveguy]

> drive to the store or to work

If you don't do that, and are a homesteader, then yes. You are a very small minority outlier. (Assuming you aren't ordering supplies delivered instead of driving to the store.

> Eat meat.

Yes, not eating meat is in the minority.

> Fly on vacation.

So, don't vacation, walk to vacation, or drive to vacation? 1/3 are also consumptive.

It seems you are either a very significant outlier, or you're being daft. I'm curious which. Would you mind clarifying?

[Jaxan]

I do my commute with my bicycle. Very common in the Netherlands.

For holidays, we did a cycling holiday with our children. They loved it!

I don’t at all feel like an outlier, many friends do similar things.

[daveguy]

Thank you for the clarification! I'm impressed. I've always been envious of the bicycle friendliness of roads in the Netherlands. Here in the US stroads and poor bike infrastructure still reigns. It really depends on the region.

We have a backward orange fool running things for gems like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357881

But it's just as much local political issues as national around here.

[monkaiju]

Whats the point of this question? These are things (some) people do while existing as humans, not sure how thats relevant? The AI is consuming vast resources while note existing as a human, it doesnt get some innate privilege to consume some amount of resources like we do.

[dwaltrip]

AI is a tool I use while existing as a human. I’d like to know the relative downsides.