Comment on Not everything needs to be Art
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 week agoBut usually you don’t cool your PC with Freshwater. That’s something a lot of datacenters do.
Comment on Not everything needs to be Art
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 week agoBut usually you don’t cool your PC with Freshwater. That’s something a lot of datacenters do.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
That’s true.
But in terms of power/emissions, data centers are far far better. The waste of potable water could be addressed if we make them, but the inefficiency of running locally cannot be.
I still prefer to run locally anyways, because fuck the kind of people who are trying to sell AI, but it is absolutely more inherently wasteful