Comment by outlore
2 months ago
Looking at that email, I felt it was a bit of an overreaction. I don't want to delve into whataboutism here but there are many other sloppified things to be mad about.
I was following the first half of the post where he discusses the environmental consequences of generative AI, but I didn't think the "thank you" aspect should be the straw that breaks the camel's back. It seems a bit ego driven.
Well. If you cannot comprehend that the man gets angry to be thanked at the pursuit of simplicity by a creation of billions and billions of dollars sunk into non-recyclable electronics deployed in hundreds of datacenters requiring nuclear power plants and maybe sending shit into LEO… I genuinely feel sorry for you.