Now do Netflix and YouTube! How about golf courses, almond farming, and Disneyworld?

Don't threaten my communist soul with a good time.

Everything has a downside attached.

Yes. Let's regulate that, please.

The point is never "Let's stop this because it's bad for the planet", but "Is the net benefit worth the cost?"

Sure. The answer is 'no, it isn't '. These frontier models purposefully chose the most power guzzling, moat digging approach and it was not necessary whatsoever.

but there are things we ought to stop doing long before we come for AI.

Sure, let's get to it. As well as with AI at the same time.