Comment by y0eswddl
1 day ago
it's very weird to compare LLM training with a subset of gamers.
Who lied to you and told you this was some kind of saving gotcha??
1 day ago
it's very weird to compare LLM training with a subset of gamers.
Who lied to you and told you this was some kind of saving gotcha??
Come again?
I was skeptical of the LLM energy use claim. I went looking for numbers on energy usage in a domain that most people do not worry about or actively perceive as a net negative. Gaming is a very big industry ($197 billion in 2025 [1], compare to the $252 billion in private AI investment for 2025 [2]) and mostly runs on the same hardware as LLMs. So it's a good gut check.
I have not seen evidence that LLM energy usage is out of control. It appears to be much less than gaming. But please feel free to provide sources that demonstrate this lie.
The question is whether claims of AI energy use have sustenance, or if there are other industries that should be more concerning. People are either truly concerned about the cost of energy or it's a misplaced excuse to reinforce their negative opinions.
[1]: https://gameworldobserver.com/2025/12/23/the-gaming-industry...
[2]: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/econo...