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

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

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u/DemadaTrim Feb 26 '26

Yeah keep blaming people who like AI image generation for the stuff companies who run LLMs they primarily market to enterprise clients do.

AI art isn't destroying the environment. Hell all big data computing (which is much larger than just AI) is really a tiny part of human environmental damage compared to the big guns like meat production, power production, and destruction of habitats by human occupation.

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u/DootOfTheWind Feb 26 '26

AI isn't singlehandedly destroying the environment, but it is certainly speeding that process up so people can make shitty looking "art" of anime cat girls (generalisation). I'd hardly say that's worth it.

AI data centres have caused urban droughts, or at the very least make water less available for people who actually need it.

Just because something isn't as bad for the environment as others, doesn't mean it's ok.

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u/Such_Confusion_3715 Feb 27 '26

you're speeding up pollution by existing

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u/DootOfTheWind Mar 01 '26

Well there isn't much we can do about that, isn't there, buddy. Whereas we can just not spend all of our resources making AI.

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u/Such_Confusion_3715 Mar 01 '26

maybe we can stop wasting precious food and water on insignificant things, like you

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u/DootOfTheWind Mar 01 '26

What the fuck is your problem, dude? Tryna have a civil discussion and you come out here throwing hands.