Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it to generate it

Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by artursapek on Thursday March 13, 2025 @08:38AM (#43352662)

I never saw anyone on HN bemoan the “environmental damage” of data centers until LLMs started popping up. As if all other software and internet tech is necessary and “worth it”?

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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by consteval on Thursday March 13, 2025 @09:32AM (#43353165)

They did, with crypto. The environmental cost of, like, a website is minuscule in comparison.

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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by brulard on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:50PM (#43356647)

Yes, and they found ways to avoid 99.99% of power consumptions by moving away from proof of work, which most of the blockchains use today. But the hate remained.

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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by consteval on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:20PM (#43356888)

Well the hate is now mostly because it’s used as a speculative security to run scams.

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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by myaccountonhn on Thursday March 13, 2025 @05:01PM (#43357198)

The energy usage is massive though, and we definitely should be asking ourselves if other solutions from cloud, crypto, streaming etc are worth expanding. The industry’s environmental footprint is on par with aviation, and with AI we’re set to increase our emissions massively when we should be decreasing them.

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