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his brother wrote a book on climate change, they should talk to each other
Perhaps over video logs they send to each other periodically...
I don't usually comment on stuff like this but I feel like people should know that "standby" mode on appliances takes up about 40% more power than every data center on earth, of which only about 33% of which goes to AI. There are DEFINITELY environmental concerns surrounding data centers but it's more about shoddily, quickly built ones rather than them existing at all.