At the moment AI is consuming about 3x as much total power as gaming (60 terawatt hrs/yr vs 20), so presumably 3x more environmental impact. So my question is, if one thing is 3x worse does it make the other thing okay? I mean, it seems fair that the power consumption should make us roughly 1/3 as outraged by gaming as we are by AI.

B-b-but…

Those were all just thrown in to cause confusion and distract everybody from the correct answer, Onion Rings.

I’m gonna have to lock in Onion Rings as my final answer.

Or at this point, 7 hours ago.

Very good analogy. They’re also ignoring that getting faster and faster at reaching a 50% success rate (a totally unacceptable success rate for meaningful tasks) doesn’t imply ever achieving consistently acceptable success.

I just wear what I want.

Cool way to make zalgo text, kinda.

The problem with fast food bros is -not- that they can’t cook, it’s that they want it EASY.

The problem with social media bros is -not- that they can’t write letters, it’s that they want it EASY.

The problem with clothes buying bros is -not- that they can’t weave or sew, it’s that they want it EASY.

Yeah it’s like, “Srsly, you don’t hear it?”

Seen about a third of those. But I mean, there’s only so much time, and so much more to experience besides watching television.

Or the meme they just upvoted because it agreed with their preconceptions.

Is OP the ghost of Douglas Adams?

It was on a sign where I once worked, but that was almost 10 years ago.

They wouldn’t push to main at the same time tho, they would push to the branches they’re working on. Unless their organization is very badly run, and then it’s probably already happened before just because it was Tuesday.

More Cage = More Ross. It’s so simple!

I agree, in this case it seemed like he just misheard the question. Maybe more would happen if people spent more time hounding their senators and reps to do something and less time commenting on social media. Or maybe not.

Srsly? TONS of people are calling out Trump’s mental decline, just not major media outlets, and calling it out isn’t having any effect. It’s weird to me that people expect dramatic movie moments in real life politics. Like when the nerds expose the rich kid’s evil dad’s crooked real estate deal. Police immediatley lead him away in disgrace followed by a crowd of reporters, his reputation ruined, and the bikini shop is saved! That’s not how this shit really works, kids.

That’s too bad - I’ve seen posts from scientists, or people who claim to be, saying what I said.

My bad, I quoted their yearly “at risk” not their monthly premium. Fixed it.

If it happens like the Great Dying it will affect our distant descendants - nobody knows exactly how long the onset took, but the general estimate is between 8,000 and 100,000 years. Not a reason to put off doing anything about it, it just means a lot of other things will happen first.