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dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 day agoIndividually you’re spot on. Your AI use doesn’t matter. But, and this is where companies tend to leave off, when you take into account how many millions (or billions) of times something is done in a day (like AI prompts), then that’s when it genuinely matters.
To me, this is akin to companies trying to pass the blame to consumers when it’s the companies themselves who are the biggest climate offenders.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I don’t see why this argument works better against AI than it does against microwaves. Those are used hundreds of millions of times a day too.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re right. But if I had to pick a why, I’d go with how microwaves at least provide a service for households by heating up food.
AI’s only viable service (at the time of this writing) is a replacement for viagra for techbros when they need to get an erection.