To think these AI caricatures can get in the bin

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It’s all over Facebook again. AIBU to find these so irritating.

the point was to suggest that how can you say about ai if your already using the data centres

Depressing isn’t it

Some activities benefit society. When you watch a film on Netflix you are paying the artists who made it.

AI does not benefit society. It may well cause societal breakdown in the end. The energy and water usage just makes a bad thing worse.

From an educational aspect Ai provides alot more usage than a tv or film on netflix.

AI is brainrot.

Why is it ?

Ok I've namechanged for this as I'm embarrassed to ask.

but can you (or someone) explain briefly without a load of links to pages & pages of stuff to read, very basically how AI is destroying the planet?

im not well enough to read articles & comprehend a lot of data 😥

I get how it's taking over a lot of jobs etc & hate it for that reason, but I dont get why/how its destroying the planet??

think of a car engine sat still at traffic lights using very little fuel, now think of a car on the german autobhan going full power, originally when Ai was being trained the power was like the car on the german autobhan. now Ai has mostly been trained on data at the data centers its more like the car sat at the traffic lights when people use it.

how ever many people still think the Ai is using energy like the car going full speed, yet internet use power via the data centres, so does netflix, cars polute, planes poluite etc but for some reason AI is the bad one ?

https://www.healthline.com/health/does-using-ai-affect-your-brain-performance#other-research

Altogether, according to a 2024 research review, increased dependency on AI tools to perform tasks that require deeper thinking may risk:
- reduced mental engagement
- neglect of cognitive skills, such as calculations or information retrieval
- declined memory capacity
- shortened attention spans and focus issues
- inability to apply knowledge to new situations
- ethical and social concerns, such as decreased human-to-human interaction and social isolation
- mental health challenges, such as reduced self-confidence

and society was perfect before Ai when i dunno the whole hype of wikipedia ?

I've quoted a few points from this article for you:

- In 2024, data centres accounted for about 1.5% of the world’s electricity consumption. But demand is projected to double to 945 TWh by 2030
- xAI’s data centre in Memphis, Tennessee emits an estimated 1,200 to 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) a year
- In 2027, global AI training and use are projected to account for 4.2−6.6 billion cubic metres of water withdrawal. This raises concerns around priorities for water use
- The construction of data centres and AI technologies requires significant amounts of minerals and metals
- the heat generated by these submerged facilities can raise local water temperatures, further intensifying existing warming due to climate change. Elevated water temperatures reduce oxygen availability, threatening marine species’ healthy functioning. Additionally, warmer surface waters mix less effectively with deeper, nutrient-rich layers, disrupting nutrient cycles and potentially harming biodiversity and food webs.

https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/explainers/what-direct-risks-does-ai-pose-to-the-climate-and-environment/

Ugh. My Facebook has been covered in that type of AI slop.

It’s terrible for the environment, and for what? Slop

Everyone Posting their shite AI pictures was the last push I needed to delete Instagram and Facebook off my phone. I’ve lost a lot of respect for a lot of people who know the environmental impact this shit has but still do it “because it’s cute”.

Also if your business ad has shit generative AI imagery you won’t be getting my custom

That argument basically boils down to: "Some people lacked critical thinking skills before AI (77m Trump voters for a start) so we shouldn't care if even more people lose theirs"

Just like your other argument boils down to: "we're already torching the planet, might as well torch it some more".

everyone could delete there mumsnet accounts, there facebook accounts, there internet accouts, their sky subscriptions, there spotify any tech that uses a data center or server is using power .

yet how many of the same people that say ai is bad will still use all those other services ? but yet they will blame ai ?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. That was basically how I felt about it, why do people think it's so much worse than anything else we're doing?

I think if you use FB you kind of lose the right to complain about slop

From chatgpt:

Here’s the simple, no-nonsense version:
AI isn’t destroying the planet by itself — it’s the massive amount of electricity and hardware needed to run AI that's the problem.
The 3 main reasons 🌍

1. Huge electricity use ⚡

AI runs in massive data centres (warehouses full of powerful computers) These computers run 24/7 Training a big AI model can use as much electricity as thousands of homes A lot of this electricity still comes from fossil fuels (coal, gas), which increases carbon emissions So more AI = more electricity = more pollution (in many places)

1. Water usage 💧

Data centres get extremely hot They use huge amounts of water to cool down the computers Some estimates: One AI conversation can use a small bottle of water worth (cooling indirectly) At global scale, that adds up to millions of litres

1. Hardware manufacturing 🏭

AI needs very powerful chips (GPUs) Making these chips requires: Rare minerals Mining Manufacturing pollution Shipping worldwide That increases environmental damage and resource use Why people are suddenly talking about it AI is growing extremely fast right now: More AI tools More users Bigger models More data centres being built So the environmental impact is growing quickly 📈 Important balance ⚖️ Some people also argue AI can help the planet: Better energy efficiency Climate modelling Smarter transport Reducing waste So it's not purely bad — but it's definitely energy-hungry. The simplest summary AI isn't "destroying the planet" directly — but: It uses a lot of electricity It uses a lot of water It requires resource-heavy hardware And because AI is growing fast, those impacts are getting bigger. Also — no embarrassment needed. This is actually a really good question, and a lot of people are confused about it.

Environmental impacts aside the pictures are shit and the only people I know who have shared them are people with below average IQs and narcissistic tendencies

@WaryOliveBird

I'm with you on this.

"It's impossible to cause zero harm to the environment at all so we shouldn't worry about minimising what harm we do..."

Why would I be on Facebook? You've read the previous posters, it's all full of AI slop these days.

You realise that we're trying to cut down on GHG emissions? Energy usage by AI is growing faster than anything else, yet all we get in return is slop.

Trump posts quite a lot of it, now you mention it. Like that awful video of him shitting all over Chicago.

we should start saying to anyone that says ai is bad for then environment , are you only going on holiday in England rather than using a plane

You realise that it is possible to leave England (I'm not even in England) without the use of a plane?

I went all the way to Istanbul and back last month. Not a plane in sight in either direction.

So your whataboutery is both pointless and wrong.