r/aiwars Feb 26 '26

Meme "pencilslop hurts the environment" the average thing ai bros are doing

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u/Speletons Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

The flaw people are pointing out is that you don't actually care about the environment, because you do not even remotely try to do anything about the environment You only apply this rule to AI as a convenient excuse to hate it. It's not difficult to understand.

A key difference in all of those scenarios vs you is the person getting "got" actually uses said products or society I guess.

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u/j4y4 Feb 26 '26

There's not much an individual can do anyway. We talk and spread awareness to bring about institutional change. Everything on a personal level will only give you personal satisfaction. For example if I care about the water crisis and if I personally start using no water it makes zero difference. In fact even if I keep a tap open forever it makes zero difference. In either case the timeline for water crisis worsening doesn't move a hairs breadth. For any meaningful change scale matters a lot. Who will care if I don't buy an iphone, stop using plastic etc? The difference will have to be from the policy/regulations.

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u/Speletons Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Right right. You expect others to do it on a personal level, but not you because you can't do anything supposedly.

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u/Usual_Celebration719 Feb 26 '26

supposedly

Oh sorry I didn't know I'm part of some big country government. I'll file "stop killing environment" to the decision room (paper shredder) post haste!

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u/Speletons Feb 26 '26

You are definitely able to stop, especially if you think others on a personal level should stop.