in fact, because they're distributed amongst thousands (presumably) volunteer pcs, they're eating up cycles that aren't optimized so are much less efficient at their task compared to specialized gpus and asics.
There's no asics and specialized gpus for this sort of thing. We've also developed foss workers that are indeed more optimized. Also a lot of our volunteers use solar power.
I any case, yes of course it consumes some electricity, but all digital entertainment does and as I said we're comparable to AAA gaming , so I don't see why you're singling that out.
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Did you wander in here to advocate for your energy gobblin AI thinking we'd go "oh it's distributed consumption SO THAT'S OK"?
People were banned for going to unrelated topics and complaining acerbically about GenAI art in a meme (the meme not being about GenAI Art). I made a comment directly related to the meme and was not toxic about it. But if you feeling smug is what you need today, sure, go on.
For AI "art", you also need internet connection and knowledge how to use a computer
How much time you need to draw something depends on the reason you are drawing. You dont need to make good art for a lot of reasons you might be drawing