I do have some very old stuff stockpiled, could always crack open a case.

Interestingly enough, you are correct, and I read about it in the same article that is being depicted in this comic. (MIT’s paper on the subject.)

https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117

I will give it this. It’s been actually pretty helpful in me learning a new language because what I’ll do is that I’ll grab an example of something in working code that’s kind of what I want, I’ll say “This, but do X” then when the output doesn’t work, I study the differences between the chatGPT output & the example code to learn why it doesn’t work.

It’s a weird learning tool but it works for me.