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Re:'Thirsty' ChatGPT uses four times more water than previou... by MrMcCall on Saturday November 23, 2024 @04:27AM (#42220017)
Yeah, having less data centers will cost lives; it won't be lack of drinking water or living in an overheated environment!

My mistake is mistaking high karma for intelligence. Wrong again!

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Re:'Thirsty' ChatGPT uses four times more water than previou... by soulofmischief on Saturday November 23, 2024 @07:24AM (#42220551)
This anti-compute crusade you're on is very strange. Data centers are not why the planet is burning up. Maybe you should be less patronizing of others' intelligence and do a little research of your own so that your arguments will be more rooted in fact and not feelings.

~1-3% of global energy consumption is a paltry price to pay for what digital technology can offer us. Do we waste a lot of it clicking ads and watching Netflix? Yeah, a lot of people do, and I take issue with that, not... data centers.

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