[jryle70]

People also stupidly watch soccer games such as World Cup, go on meaningless vacations, eat out when they can cook at home, argue nonsense on online forums such as HN. Sure those activities aren't "encouraging more consumerism and more CO2 output"?

[cineticdaffodil]

Actually- when you take it standalone- e-activities, that lead to little else consumed, are quite ideal. You will never get the budhist monk, meditating on a rock out of normal people, but somebody sittings there, playing a game for hours on a glowing rock, is as close to nilwanna as it gets. So thank you gamedevs out there for creating this.

[SepiaSapient]

Nobody tokenmaxxes because they like it, so it doesn't even produce joy. Besides, your argument is that something being wasteful is a simple binary, so we cannot make a value judgement without being the grinch.

[vouaobrasil]

Yes. But AI is at the apex of that. Your argument is like saying "he already eats hamburgers, deep fried food, soft drinks, chips, and is already overweight, so there's no harm in smoking as well!"

[throw-the-towel]

At least everything you listed already existed. AI didn't exist until recently, so the pain of changing your lifestyle does not apply.

[watwut]

All of that is using way less energy then AI is planning to use.

Specifically, eating out may even save energy. Arguing on HN consumes very little of it. Same with watching football on tv