In “ Artificial intelligence means farewell to ‘net zero’ fantasy ” Peter Murphy celebrates a prediction by the RAND Corporation that by 2030 AI will need more than 300 gigawatts of power, over 3 times the power used by the state of California. He asserts that renewable energy sources are incapable of providing this amount of power, and so we should abandon renewable energy mandates and net-zero goals. He doesn’t bother to give any reasons why we would want to foster AI’s continued expansion.

We’ve seen this movie before. Murphy’s portrayal of AI is reminiscent of the plant ‘Audrey’ in the musical, “The Little Shop of Horrors .” Audrey is a plant that feeds on human blood to survive and keeps begging “Feed Me!” As Audrey gets larger, she consumes more and more blood, and then entire h

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