sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down112
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
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minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·30 days agoHey, making food is something we need. Hallucination bots are a new, unnecessary use of water in a time when water is already becoming scarcer due to global warming. Stop sane washing their massive waste, thanks!
minus-squarecrimson_iris@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·29 days agoJust because other sectors/industries use more doesn’t mean what AI data centers use isn’t a horrible waste of a limited resource we need to survive.
minus-squaretriptrapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoA majority? Do you have a source?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoAlmond farming is also bad. There, what now?
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Hey, making food is something we need. Hallucination bots are a new, unnecessary use of water in a time when water is already becoming scarcer due to global warming. Stop sane washing their massive waste, thanks!
Just because other sectors/industries use more doesn’t mean what AI data centers use isn’t a horrible waste of a limited resource we need to survive.
A majority? Do you have a source?
Almond farming is also bad. There, what now?