Writer challenges AI energy skeptics to make a numerate case, gets only sneers
AndyMasley · x · 2026-08-21
Andy Masley pushes back at left-wing writer Doug Henwood, noting that critics repeatedly post sneering takes but never offer a clear, numerate rebuttal of his arguments on AI's energy and land footprint—just background contempt for thinking with numbers.
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