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Anger over AI's water and carbon footprint
Original: @ bobjmsn all those forever chemicals added to the water supply (as coolants) and pumped into the rivers and sea.. all t
A social media user is criticizing the environmental cost of artificial intelligence, arguing that data centres add 'forever chemicals' to water supplies as coolants and discharge them into rivers and seas, while burning diesel in generators releases extra CO2. The post claims this pollution happens just to produce worthless AI-generated content, accusing people of laziness for relying on it.
Why now: Growing public concern about the energy and water demands of AI data centres.
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Evidence
- @ bobjmsn all those forever chemicals added to the water supply (as coolants) and pumped into the rivers and sea.. all those extra times of co2 used burning diesel generators, added to the air.. all for useless fucking # aislop and because people are too fucking lazy to do… · Captain_Jack_Sparrow@mastodon.world · 6
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