"They fed [DALL-E 2] the description, ‘Kermit the Frog, but in the Matrix’ and it can render a picture that looks like Kermit the Frog in the Matrix. On the one hand, it’s pretty cool. That’s a fun toy to play with. On the other hand, those large language models are fantastically energy expensive. We’re basically burning down our rainforest so that we can have a computer do our drawing for us."

https://techpolicy.press/rescuing-the-future-from-silicon-valley-a-conversation-with-dave-karpf/