[diamond559]

Great, we can burn acres of dead forests so that my computer can play ddos games. What an exciting future!

[jryle70]

How much energy is burnt so that you can play your video games, or whatever hobbies you have?

[apsdsm]

Probably less than the cost of an LLM doing exactly the same thing?

[BoredomIsFun]

Not sure about that - a local 12b-32b LLM consumes miniscule amount of energy compared to gaming on the same hardware.

[goodmythical]

what else are we going to do with them? Carve them in to housing to house more humans that produce more carbon?

Leave them to rot?

Wouldn't it be best to clearcut a dead forest to allow more plants to grow to increase carbon capture?