Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai...

Archive link: https://archive.is/H5snH

> Other computer technologies have seen similarly massive growth without triggering such a large spike in electricity or a shortage of computer components

I don't think the author understands the difference in scale from the comparisons he is trying to make equivalent. Generally, the author seems to only produce anti-ai content, have your grains of salt handy

https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alex-reisner/