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In Topic: Algorithms and automation
Yesterday, 07:29 AM
Azath Vitr (D, on 31 July 2026 - 05:49 PM, said:The concerns being raised here are valid, but the solution is to change how AI is used and regulated, not to try to outlaw it or destroy it.
Environmental concerns are paramount. The IEA---a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization consisting of experts in energy use, production, and conservation---did data-based projections of the future net environmental impact of data centers. They calculated that "the adoption of existing AI applications in end-use sectors" could result in emissions reductions three to four times larger than total data center related emissions. The report stresses that this is only factoring in existing AI capabilities, and not including AI contributions to any technological breakthroughs (for example, innovations in battery design and materials science).
https://www.iea.org/...-climate-change
From the report:
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Energy innovation challenges are characterised by the kinds of problems AI is good at solving. For example, only 0.01% of next-generation solar PV materials have been experimentally produced, leaving a huge set of possible materials still to be explored. AI could allow scientists to dramatically accelerate the process of finding and testing promising materials, battery chemistries and carbon capture molecules.
https://www.iea.org/...ecutive-summary
It also found that AI grid optimization could result in up to 175 gigawatts (GW) of additional available power, which is more than projected total data center power use in their base case scenario.
So if you really care about climate change, instead of trying to outlaw AI, the better solution is to regulate it so that its net contribution to emissions reduction is overwhelmingly positive. And other substantial environmental concerns should also be addressed by regulation.
The issue of AI regulation becomes moot when the people developing and pushing on it are the people who have governments in their pockets. -
In Topic: The game I'm playing is...
07 August 2026 - 07:40 AM
Full release version of Fields of Mistria came out yesterday.
I played the early access; the best way I can describe it is as a Harvest Moon / Stardew type game but with a few things keeping it distinct:
- the game has a very 90s anime aesthetic to the characters (think Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Rayearth etc) and overall quite a pastel palette across most of the areas.
- you gain access to magic spells which are pretty cool, but you also have a pretty strict and SLOW regenerating mana pool (as in it takes DAYS to regain a spell pip, but can be accelerated with certain food/skills) - so you have to be a bit judicious on usage of spells
- you pretty much NEED to cook ingredients into products, unlike Stardew base crops are basically never more profitable than prepared ones
- the mines has a full questline that is actually pretty involved
- the town feels generally much more coherent, townsfolk regularly interact and will do so spontaneously
Basically, if you enjoy a good Dewlike, this is for you. It's neat. -
In Topic: The UK Politics Thread
27 July 2026 - 07:19 AM
Macros, on 25 July 2026 - 11:35 PM, said:The scrutiny rewank are getting right now re finances and corruption gives me hope
Aye, we love to see it. -
In Topic: What's messing with your groove?
24 July 2026 - 07:24 AM
Abyss, on 23 July 2026 - 02:53 PM, said:TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 23 July 2026 - 07:12 AM, said:QuickTidal, on 22 July 2026 - 02:59 PM, said:Though I admit letting my more social wife handle them is better than anti-social me handle them even today as I would have been.....meaner.
This is Mr NAB and I in reverse. You only want me to deal with whatever it is if it requires some "We ride at dawn" level of putting the fear of god into the situation.
Anything else, he's a much cooler head and likes other people more than me
these relationship blurbs are v funny... the LadyByss is absolutely the one way way faster and more likely to go full blast nuclear on someone or something and leave diplomacy/negotiation/peacekeeping/damage-control to me (yay), but if I am the one hitting red alert (rare) she is suddenly stone cold tactical. It's a running joke between us that if she is calm it means that something really bad is happening.
I misread this as 'birb' and my brain just went wuewuewuewuewue *stare*
Youtube Gumi the Bird for more details. Just a silly little guy
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In Topic: The UK Politics Thread
22 July 2026 - 11:39 AM
Macros, on 22 July 2026 - 08:46 AM, said:Surface small wins for working Joe and the struggling people but no systemic change that we really need is my bet
I wish I had enough to poo-poo this notion but I fear you are likely to be proven right.
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The Lord of Moon's Spawn
13 Apr 2026 - 16:09Tsundoku
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10 Nov 2019 - 00:37Maark Abbott
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09 Nov 2018 - 18:45Maark Abbott
12 Jan 2017 - 07:17The Lord of Moon's Spawn
11 Jan 2017 - 16:41The Lord of Moon's Spawn
11 Jan 2017 - 16:37Sorry for the late reply; lol, I'm nor even sure why I made this account. So yeah. But Hail Hydra, ya know. Haha.
Also, belief it or not, I kinda imagined you'd have a BB avatar, after I'd seen your cover image. Nice to see I'm not always wrong. :p
Maark Abbott
10 Jan 2017 - 06:39The Lord of Moon's Spawn
08 Jan 2017 - 23:41