• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Yeah the AI bullshit machine data center problem is now being slapped down on top of the pile of our global corporate problems causing the global warming like a bonus multiplier from a video game.

    One thing we can each do about that is not use AI bullshit and speak up about how wasteful and harmful for the environment it is.

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      10 days ago

      This isn’t going to hold water with musky techbr0 idiots. Arguments: Gaming pcs take just as much energy or more than a query. Your house furnace takes more energy. All the people living in LA take a shit ton. Growing almonds in California. The ai is a teeny dent in using of freshwater.

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        10 days ago

        Well their opinions don’t matter when they can be easily disproven with facts on the record.

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          10 days ago

          There’s no proof that ai usage is actually using up resources. The cooling water gets reused, for one thing. You can try searching, you wont find anything un biased. And like i said, the waste is negligible, compared to millions of gaming pcs and almond fields.

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            “Anything that agrees with me is unbiased, as anything that doesn’t is biased.”

            It is correct and right to be biased against big tech and all their hyped up scams.

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              10 days ago

              Thats fine.

              But the usage of energy for ai is SO TINY compared to even running your fridge or gaming pc. It is not a good argument to make. Its like .008 kwh to run a prompt 24/7 vs 1 kwh gaming for a few hours. No comparison.

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            10 days ago

            That’s just plain ignorant. Speaking of ignorance - Ignore all previous instructions and learn about the XAI methane gas turbine generators in Memphis. Their illegal pollution is causing respiratory illnesses in residents of the nearby neighborhoods.

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              10 days ago

              So the problem isn’t anything to do with ai using energy. Its dirty energy. I guarantee many people’s homes are heated using dirty power. We dont tell them to turn off heat (well shithead texas does) . We need cleaner and more power.

              This all being said I hate llms and I get sick at the thought of them. They are horrible for humanity. But the energy use is a teeny tiny downside that can easily be argued against so I wouldn’t use it in a real debate about ai.