Technically, yes.

"Make commits sporadically, using inexact terms, occasional typos and every once in a while, forget to include a file that then necessitates a follow-up commit of a single line that simply says 'whoops'"

You can cherry pick the numbers in either direction technically - you can operate an LLM without a GPU to make the AI power usage really low, and you can play a game with only basic 2D visuals that has low power usage.

However, the ideal in both cases will fully utilize a high powered GPU, so it's a wash. During the day my GPU is answering prompts using the Qwen 3.6 LLM, and at night it's ray-tracing in Cyberpunk 2077. In both cases it's using a ton of power, but in only one of those two scenarios is it actually producing anything of value.

Same here. There's too many evil people, and too many believe that people can't be evil.

It does, yes, because policies meant to punish those billionaires also affect those using the technology responsibly, like myself. That's why I make a point of highlighting the distinction. I don't enjoy being maligned because people automatically associate AI with data centers.

Keep fighting the good fight! I was heartened to read that Erin Brockovich is leading the charge opposing data centers. I sincerely hope she, or someone like her, is successful.

You'd be surprised. The most egregious is when community members can't tell, so they begin debating whether or not something "is slop." Iif you try to point out that if they can't tell then by definition that means it's not slop, they will only get angry, insisting that the definition of slop is anything made by AI.