Re: Environmental impact of Debian's AI usage

Quoting Holger Levsen (2026-08-20 11:54:34)
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> > It is a basic failure of logic. If you claim that "all dogs are black" and
> > [...]
> 
> It is a basic failure of logic. If you claim that "smoking kills" and I show
> you a smoker who's alive...
> 
> The bullshit talk about 'green AI' reminds me of exactly that.
> 
> More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette. (1949 television
> commercial)

Situation: you want to convince an audience of "A" somebody else wants to
convince the audience of "not A". You make five arguments for "A". The other
person finds that one of your five arguments is not exactly correct. This must
mean that "not A" is correct.

Now that you bring up "smoking" as an analogy, there is a great movie which I
felt reminded of and which shows parallels to the discussion in this sub-thread
right now. Especially the first scene in the talk-show setting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking

cheers, josch

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