🧵 …tell me what you want, but AI is an unnecessary use of energy (see above), just like cryptocurrency. Doctrine promises packed into a lot of effort to get hold of data in order to exploit it again.

»Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years:
Google's 2030 "Net zero" target looks increasingly doubtful as AI use soars.«

🤦‍♂️ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/googles-greenhouse-gas-emissions-jump-48-in-five-years/

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