<html><body><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12.0px; color: #000000;"><br>That 1st sentence of yours - so generic, you can conjure that up about any topic under the sun. <br>How is that (all) anything but distraction up to gaslighting, as a reply to reports about rising energy costs in regions where huge data centers have been and are being built, and this seems to be ongoing? <br>"ignore the actual issue, because some people have the wrong reasons". Highlighting people's supposed motivations as a replacement for discussing the issue, psychologization, reeks of typical, paid-for junk science. I'm rather familiar with the pattern.<br>Booked under intellectual con-artistry. If I were intested in that, I'd talk to politicians.</div>
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<div><strong><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">By:</span> </strong>"Matthew Skala via Synth-diy" <synth-diy@synth-diy.org></div>
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Among many problems with getting involved in a discussion of environmental <br>impact of AI, is that for very many people who participate in such <br>discussions, environmental impact is not the real issue. It is at best a <br>rationalization of a position taken for other reasons. <br><br>Recent research at the University of Toronto supports the idea that many <br>opponents of the use of AI, oppose AI as a moral issue - seeing AI as <br>wrong *in itself*, not because of any consequences or claimed <br>consequences. The distinguishing feature of that kind of opposition is "I <br>say it's bad for the environment, but even if that were proven not to be <br>true, I would still oppose it." So why bother even discussing whether the <br>consequence-based point is true? Is it to convince others, with an <br>argument that didn't convince oneself? <br><br>I did a video going through the research paper in detail on my site here: <br><a href="https://matthewexplains.com/11190144/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-href="https://matthewexplains.com/11190144/">https://matthewexplains.com/11190144/</a> <br><br>Most videos on that site require at least creating a free account to watch <br>(and many are pay-only), but that particular one is free without login. <br><br>For either side I think it's valuable to know as much as possible about <br>what's really being discussed, and this paper seems like a step in that <br>direction. <br><br>-- <br>Matthew Skala <br>North Coast Synthesis Ltd. <br>________________________________________________________ <br>This is the Synth-diy mailing list <br>Submit email to: Synth-diy@synth-diy.org <br>View archive at: <a href="https://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-href="https://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/">https://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/</a> <br>Check your settings at: <a href="https://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-href="https://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy">https://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a> <br>Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org</div></body></html>