> In this case: a single hamburger does the same amount of emissions as 50 such downloads
replyHamburger is usually held up as a grotesque example in climate talk and can't be consumed with a clear conscious so are downloads insanely worse than we thought or is a hamburger not even in the same realm of climate damage as usually claimed.
There is consumer demand for hamburgers. There is no consumer demand for AI, hence how egregious that it also comes with negative externalities.
replyI have to tell you something: there is consumer demand for AI.
replyWe'll never know, since companies seem determined to make it non-optional.
replyI for one would love to see someone try and shove hamburgers down everybody's throats in order to increase consumer demand.
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