this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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At the moment AI is consuming about 3x as much total power as gaming (60 terawatt hrs/yr vs 20), so presumably 3x more environmental impact. So my question is, if one thing is 3x worse does it make the other thing okay? I mean, it seems fair that the power consumption should make us roughly 1/3 as outraged by gaming as we are by AI.
B-b-but...
The outrage is no comparable because games aren't forced down your throat. I've never once asked for an AI summary of something, yet I see them constantly if I don't actively avoid them, so I'm indirectly incurring those costs.
Don't use services with AI summaries
Hence why I said if I don't actively avoid them. I used those services before AI was a thing. So it was not my decision.
Not sure why I missed that line! The enshitification is tragic