Of course the power draw is an issue. There's no 100% clean energy and our grid is still not 100% renewable. If we continue expanding the energy use in frivolous projects, we're barely moving the needle. We want to do both, reduce energy use and clean up the grid.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Whilst I don’t want to debate the energy usage here.

How do we define frivolous projects? Some might think the LHC was frivolous but it had real world benefits.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

It's definitely a spectrum, with crypto sitting at one end and heating homes in the winter on the other.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is absolutely no stretch of the imagination that could define AI generated waifu masturbation fuel as anything but frivolous. Comparing that to the LHC, which has advanced our understanding of physics, is both insulting and deeply unserious.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don’t recall making a direct comparison. In fact people said the same thing about the LHC. It is literally impossible to no what the future will bring.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is no future in which generating scantily clad anime waifus will be comparable to progressing our understanding of physics, even if you dance around it.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Where you’re getting the waifu shit from is beyond me, but if you can’t see past that then we have little to discuss.

All I am saying is we literally have no idea where any of this tech will lead. It could lead nowhere it could lead to breakthroughs in other areas. Anybody that pretends to know, is lying or being disingenuous.