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by louwrentius 8 days ago
> But, I am fairly certain for trivial tasks, or bureaucratic tasks AI has lessened my cognitive load (data point of one).

That can't justify the 1+ trillion invested in AI, right?

> Money is the means by which we facilitate exchange. But in reality, the energy in the universe is ginormous. > Is AI bad for the environment or is it the way we obtain energy bad for the environment?

I find this dishonest, we know that it's running on natural gas mostly and it's thus contributing to climate change + harm for communities. There's no way around this.