How Bad is AI for the Environment? Here’s How it Compares to Animal Agriculture
bankfornature.org
For every liter of water used and cubic tonne of emissions the data center will produce once constructed, a system even more damaging to the environment and to local communities’ health seems to be almost willingly overlooked by news outlets and the public: factory farming.

We fear and hate AI a lot but it’s nothing compared to the beef industry.

Eating beef not only poisons your body and contributes to torture of cows but it also destroys the planet at a scale that makes even AI feel insignificant.

  • lalo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    24 days ago

    As long as we agree that we shouldn’t prioritize fights because they’re easy, it’s good.

    We have to eat anyways, so making the more ethical decision and picking the vegan option is completely different from taking an action and spending time to advocate against oil or whatever other cause. Gong vegan is more like not taking an action while allowing you to fight other fights.