This is literally why the EU mandates appliance energy efficiency.
replyIt's never a binary thing. "Is using energy good or bad?" is a stupid question which can only provide stupid answers. It has to be placed in the context of whether it's proportionate to benefit.
Things which burn a lot of energy for little benefit - and in the case of AI, often negative benefit - end up more towards the "bad".
Don't be disingenuous. Not all energy is created equally.
replyAre we back to magic water and magic soil? Does the energy have some morality attached to it?
replyThe emissions per kWh of energy used in providing internet downloads probably is similar to that per kWh of energy used for washing clothes.
You're not seriously trying to explain that a kWh is equal to a kWh. Why not cut the crap? Are you trying to say washing clothes is of equal importance to convenience features in a browser, given that we can use each clean kWh only once? I can't tell what you truly mean like this
reply>a kWh is equal to a kWh
replyYes, and it's none of your business how other people spend their electricity.