mmalc"Selective outrAIge”
A little hurried, but to catch the zeitgeist.
Someone posted a video about electricity and water use by AI and datacentres. That video probably used six times more electricity than the sort of AI image it implicitly criticised, and is hosted on datacentres. This is about proportion — and selective focus.
https://mmalc-x-machina.ghost.io/selective-outraige/
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Selective outrAIge
There is a particular type of social media post doing the rounds. It arrives as a video — often a reel, often several minutes long — in which the creator explains, usually with evident good faith, that artificial intelligence is consuming unconscionable quantities of water and electricity, and that this makes it