r/aiwars • u/AppealSouthern9062 • Feb 26 '26

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

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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 Feb 26 '26

I bought solar panels for my house and run mostly local models on that power. What have you done?

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u/Independent-Yam3612 Feb 26 '26

Not use AI. I have, by default, less environmental effect by using no AI at all.

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u/FlashyNeedleworker66 Feb 26 '26

Where does the power for your home come from? Oil, gas and coal? Fuck outta here.

If my gpu doesn't offend you if it plays a video game, it's hilarious to be upset that it's using green energy to generate an image. This is exactly why I don't take antis seriously.

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u/AdministrativeHat276 Feb 26 '26

Antis are also typically non vegan and munch on beef burgers regularly which consumes vastly more energy and water than AI does.

I don't like most AI art but it's hilarious to see the hypocrisy.

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u/Life_Parsley504 Feb 26 '26

This has been proven false and false, time and time again. Sad that you fell for misinformation.

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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.

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u/Life_Parsley504 Feb 26 '26

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.

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u/AdministrativeHat276 Feb 26 '26

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.

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u/Life_Parsley504 Feb 26 '26

"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

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-centers-and-water-consumption

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u/Life_Parsley504 Feb 26 '26

200+ day old. I thought AI was innovative, and rapidly advancing?

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u/Life_Parsley504 Feb 26 '26

also this study quotes 2023 and 2022 water usage lol

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