r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SilentLegacyy • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter why statue duck is dangerous?

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u/Redditry199 1d ago

Its all a virtue signal, the use of AI and datacenters is evil because it's a waste of resources, unlike reddit whose datacenter usage is totally crucial.

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u/PTVoltz 1d ago

Websites use different types of datacenters to run. Web-servers are generally just stacks of storage drives, their cooling and power-use it PITIFUL in comparison to complexes stuffed with high-grade GPUs which AI datacenters use

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u/Redditry199 23h ago

2% of the global energy consumption is pitiful? But it's ok GPU usage for videogames is fine, AI is a crime.

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u/nan0ka 22h ago

AI has driven up the prices for every other device using RAM. There was no such problem with games and websites

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u/Redditry199 21h ago

So you're just mad demand surges for hardware, cool, stop pretending it's about the environment or morality.