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<html><head></head><body><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">> calling people that (mindless idiots, ed.) is unlikely to help convince them..</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">Well Matthew, suggesting to people that their arguments are irrelevant is not exactly Socratic dialogue either.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">Data centers do consume a huge amount of energy and water. So do many other things: transport, heating, food. One big difference is that with AI most people don't see or struggle to quantify the value it generates. To be honest, so do academics. AI is still a huge, global gamble, both economically and resource-wise. We're not sure yet how or where the return on investment will come from, or who will benefit. There will be loosers as well as winners, and I don't think it's unreasonable for people to have concerns, especially since most of us didn't have a say in any of this. I do think it's unfair to dismiss those concerns as moralistically and psychologically rooted, and therefore not worth discussing objectively.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">I was far more inspired by Chris, Tim and others talking about how they're actually using these tools. That's real value - thanks for sharing!</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">have a lot of fun,</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">Martin</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"> </p><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(176, 176, 183); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px;">-----Original message-----<br><strong>From:</strong> Matthew Skala via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, April 24 2026, 3:14 pm<br><strong>To:</strong> Mike Bryant <mbryant@futurehorizons.com><br><strong>Cc:</strong> synth-diy@synth-diy.org <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [sdiy] AI code generation<br> <pre style="text-wrap-mode: wrap;">On Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Mike Bryant wrote:
> Good presentation. Is it okay to point this at some of the mindless idiots
> I keep meeting ?
I'm happy to have the link widely distributed, but calling people that is
unlikely to help convince them..
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Matthew Skala
North Coast Synthesis Ltd.
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