Re: Environmental impact of Debian's AI usage

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 12:16, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.


It does not matter how many arguments you present arguing that "all swans
are white". The existence of even a single black swan is sufficient
evidence to disprove that.

It's not about audience or popularity or number of arguments. It is a
classical example of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
-- 
Best regards,
    Aigars Mahinovs