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AI is not bad for the environment in comparison with many other regular activities. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/controversial@sh.itjust.works
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People on Lemmy love to cry AI IS BURNING THE PLANNET but have they ever really looked at the numbers?

  • 1 kg Beef = 60kg CO2 - source
  • 1000km Return flight = 314kg CO2 - source
  • 1 Bitcoin transaction = 645kg of CO2 - source
  • 1000 AI prompts = 3kg of CO2 - source including training

I'm a strong advocate for privacy, and I myself am Anti generative AI in many ways, but can we please stop shouting that AI IS BRUNING THE PLANNET, it weakens our position to push back at actual issues with AI like privacy.

Here is a detailed breakdown debunking that AI is destroying the planet: https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversations-about

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You asked for an example, i gave you one.

If you need some clarification, just point at the bit that's confusing and i'll see what i can do.

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Yeah, ignore all the below stuff, i'll leave it there for posterity but i just a had a quick look through your history and i want nothing to do with any of that.

ok, i know i probably shouldn't feed the trolls, but I’m genuinely interested how you got from "here is the example you asked for" to

> How is it other people’s fault. Nobody made you guys discriminante against black people and only eat junk food

No blame was assigned, no discrimination was mentioned, nor any specific ethnicities, the only thing i explicitly mentioned was poverty and starvation, low quality food was sort of mentioned, referentially.

The necessities of poverty is a bigger discussion and given how you did with this small one , i'll just save us both time and just skip that entirely.

I'm also wondering who you mean by "you guys" who is it you think i am ?

Also also, in case it's relevant, i picked the mainland US because you sounded like you thought it was only remote regions that had this problem, but Food Security is an issue in many places.

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