Calum Brough

@calumbroughingham.bsky.social

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(He/Him) Dilletante and biology enthusiast. I do bits and bobs of writing and editing and some autism advocacy. Fairly Gay.

E*gland fan with road flare in his ass.
Before and after of Sarah chalke on scrubs. They based an entire *episode* around her getting this weirdly trashy new look
Lego beast with fancy hair and flowers. He is your boyfriend now
YouTube style thumbnail for citizen kane
"Why don't you just fucking die already" Walt Jr meme
Screenshot of FMV point and click adventure game "phantasmagoria 2"
Reposted previously as text
Paddington leading the queen beyond this veil of tears
Scene in "The Santa Clause" where Tim Allen orders dessert at a meeting
Clip from "So you wanna win a panis pump?" Where Alexei plays air guitar greekly
Image of a book partly open, with a narrow pointing to a curved line highlighting less than 90 degrees between two pages
In sum, due to its substantially lower impact than humans at at least two important tasks, AI can play an important role in various sectors of society without, at present, running afoul of problematic carbon emissions. While the carbon footprint of AI is nontrivial, the footprint of humans doing the same work is far greater, and should not be discounted in the assessment of AI.