[codydkdc]

> Firstly, there’s the environmental impact. Models require massive amounts of electricity and water (to cool servers). An AI chatbot contributes more to the climate crisis than a Google search.

I really dislike the "people should be better and use less energy" argument for solving macro-problems like this

> My naive optimism led me to believe that technology would help us fight climate change. I was wrong: AI and Crypto are net negatives in this regard.

...why? why would technology that specifically requires a lot of energy help "fight climate change"?

this entirely article is missing any point to me -- it's very vague and speaking in generalities.

> “If you’re going to use generative tools powered by large language models, don’t pretend you don’t know how your sausage is made.”

why? if you generate code with a LLM, then read and deeply understand the code, what's wrong?

> I can’t help but feel the web would be a better place if the technology had never existed in the first place.

if we didn't invent the wheel, we wouldn't have so many cars/trucks polluting the planet

[lucianbr]

> ...why? why would technology that specifically requires a lot of energy help "fight climate change"?

There's no good reason it would. Nevertheless, proponents of both AI and crypto have claimed multiple times it would. So I think it is quite fair to bring it up.

https://ia.samaltman.com/

[alfiedotwtf]

You do realise most cryptocurrencies aren’t PoW, so your point is living in the past, man!