How Bad is AI for the Environment? Here’s How it Compares to Animal Agriculture
bankfornature.org
For every liter of water used and cubic tonne of emissions the data center will produce once constructed, a system even more damaging to the environment and to local communities’ health seems to be almost willingly overlooked by news outlets and the public: factory farming.

We fear and hate AI a lot but it’s nothing compared to the beef industry.

Eating beef not only poisons your body and contributes to torture of cows but it also destroys the planet at a scale that makes even AI feel insignificant.

  • inari@piefed.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I think about this every time someone mentions water usage by AI datacenters.

    Like, really? All of a sudden you care about water usage? Then I got some worrying news for you.