I'm sure this won't find much acceptance around these parts because there's a kneejerk reaction against some new technologies, but maybe instead of saying we shouldn't do AI or crypto because they slurp energy we should fix the energy problem.
I'm not against optimizing current technologies or finding energy efficient ways to do the same things, but there's only so much you can optimize something, and over time energy needs will increase anyway. We should be strengthening the infrastructure and producing more, clean energy...
