Re:AI's energy footprint
by keybored on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:28PM
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> Except we do care about those things. We used to get tons of PSAs for carbon footprint. Turn off the lights when you leave a room, turn off your computer overnight, turn off the faucet when you're washing your hands. That type of thing.
“We care”. Because British Petroleum told us to care.[1] Now the new scapegoat grift is how many prompts you use to make your “creative” wedding invitations. Nevermind industrial use though. We’ll just hammer every little API or just endpoint, slurp up the data, then do the same thing tomorrow because why cache? Keep it simple. It’s not our cost.[2] No one will scold us (that can get to us).
Public service announcement huh. Let’s just fall for it again.
“We care”. Because British Petroleum told us to care.[1] Now the new scapegoat grift is how many prompts you use to make your “creative” wedding invitations. Nevermind industrial use though. We’ll just hammer every little API or just endpoint, slurp up the data, then do the same thing tomorrow because why cache? Keep it simple. It’s not our cost.[2] No one will scold us (that can get to us).
Public service announcement huh. Let’s just fall for it again.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44046315
[2] https://drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-Stop-externali...