Mastodawn

There is plenty of genuine issues in the "AI". Why do news outlets think that we need clickbaity disinformation like this?
An average microwave consumes over a 1kWh, if the magnetron runs continuously for an hour (which no sane microwave will do). That's about 3 hours of continuous usage of a typical 3090, which can generate 5 second videos in about 15 minutes.
So, the numbers here seem exaggerated by around 12x.

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कारतोफ्फेलस्क्रिप्ट™

don't get me wrong. Generative "AI" slop is garbage, and so are the AI companies pushing them.
but we don't need to engage in disinformation and fear mongering.
It's the "ChatGPT takes 10x the energy of a Google search" all over again.
And because most of us are tired of all the AI garbage, we'll just boost every toot that agrees with our sentiments.
This is how we create echo chambers.