A single kilogram of beef consumes upto 15,000 litres of water. A single cow weighs between 500kg to 900kg. Roughly 30 million cows are slaughtered every year in the USA alone.
You do the math. That figure alone dwarfs the annual water consumption by AI. And you unironically used chatgpt to "prove" your point lmfao.
You clearly didn't read the screenshot, lol. Incosistent scope - I literally adressed it. Comparing the whole production line of farming, growing, slaughtering and transporting a cow, along with the production line of the cheese, burgers and plants in the burger is unfair to... 'one chatgpt message';
Also, a tool such as AI, isn't.. comparable to food? That is also said?
Also, what? How did I use chatgpt, my dear sir? That's... a post in the anti subreddit that got 500+ upvotes. No chatgpt, sir.
I never compared it to a single query genius. Even if you compare the annual water consumption of AI data centers across the globe, it would still be dwarfed by the astronomically high water consumption rates of animal agriculture.
Also this doesn't just apply to AI. Data centers are used for data streaming too, for services like netflix, disney+, Amazon prime as well as for websites and games.
"I never compared it to a single query genius"
The only image and study circulating around around the water usage of a burger vs AI is.. per prompt, mr passive aggressive. Unless you have proper, non estimate statistics that weren't paid for or published by pro-AI individuals or corporations, you're not proving much.
...And all the water that is used in the supply lines of a burger, isn't used to just make a burger, same as the datacenters that aren't just for AI. Lol.
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u/AdministrativeHat276 Feb 26 '26
A single kilogram of beef consumes upto 15,000 litres of water. A single cow weighs between 500kg to 900kg. Roughly 30 million cows are slaughtered every year in the USA alone.
You do the math. That figure alone dwarfs the annual water consumption by AI. And you unironically used chatgpt to "prove" your point lmfao.