We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry

Re:We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry by kasanari on Friday October 30, 2026 @11:15AM (#50305102)

I will also be blunt in my judgement, but this to me is a childlike level lack of care about the world around you and your place in it. You can do legal but ethically bad things, but don't try to excuse it with false comparisons.

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Re:We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry by thicTurtlLverXX on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:09PM (#50305971)

Saturating Claude Max x20 it'd be like 15kWh/day, so like driving 50 miles in a Tesla or 15 miles in a non-hybrid Toyota or eating 3 beef steaks[1]

[1]: if I read it right, it takes about 20 kWh to produce one 1kg of boneless beef: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X1...

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Re:We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry by js8 on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:17PM (#50307038)

Yes, I asked Claude and it estimated 10-50 kWh if you max out Max 5x subscription (which I have, and I use it about 30-40%).

Further estimation gave it's about like having another gaming PC, i.e. 100-300W when I am actually gaming.

I live quite low carbon intensity lifestyle, don't travel much, don't have a car or a family, so it's not really a big expense.

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Re:We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry by john_strinlai on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:44PM (#50306501)

the amount of resources being used here, in exchange for someone getting some enjoyment out of their life (god forbid), is practically nothing.

you should direct this energy at the literal millions of other things that adversely affect the world significantly more.

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