And that energy costs money, both at the training/cgi stage and at the inference/consumption stage. It's not even an externality.
replyCGI renders do use a lot of electricity relative to playing back the movie for individual viewers. It's perfectly analogous.
> CGI renders do use a lot of electricity relative to playing back the movie for individual viewers. It's perfectly analogous.
I can't believe you're stretching this in a good faith.
But if you are - well, you're certainly have a unique perspective.