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sure thing sparky. you still haven't replied to SHOW ME ONE GOOD UPSIDE THAT JUSTIFIES IT. keep changing the subject.
https://www.slashgear.com/1994908/meta-ai-data-centers-affecting-water-supply-in-multiple-states/
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1249592906/energy-water-ai-climate-tech
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2026/01/11/americas-ai-boom-is-running-into-an-unplanned-water-problem/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135426005488
https://time.com/article/2026/06/03/ai-global-water-resources-un-report/
so self hosted avoids all that?
no it just distributes it and makes it less effective, and, you still have to train it, where the massive portion of power and water is used.
and it's probably still built on stolen everything.
6,600,000,000 liters... So, 0.17% of our annual global water usage... With the absolute worst case doomsday future prediction of reaching 7%... What a catastrophe...
And I don't need to justify anything...either:
A) AI is an unprecedented paradigm shifting technology that changes human evolution forever; and opposing it is as short-sighted as opposing the wheel, the printing press, or antibiotics.
Or
B) AI is simply the next step in computer data processing; and opposing it is as emotionally irrational as opposing a new programming language, operating system, or semiconductor layout just because it's unfamiliar to you.
You have no rational basis for your opinion; it seems like you just don't understand / haven't interacted with the technology. You have been manipulated by an emotionally charged narrative and you don't even realize it. Seems like the only thing being "trained" to the world's detriment here is you.
you really are deluded!
it hasn't delivered any of that, and it's eating WAY more potable water than your measly figures.
you're simply in the cult and can't see anything outside, so assume everyone else is deluded. I provided you with a raft of links illustrating the problem and you call me ignorant.
Back up your garbage position with evidence if it's so easy!
Are you dating a bot? Is that why this is so painful?
You're being trained to defend something that will never love you lol
Oh! Look at how useless AI is!
https://lemmy.today/post/55108549
Those figures are from the sources YOU shared...
It's ok to admit you didn't actually read the sources you quoted...
Look, I get it... I'm a leftist, and I know that anything anti-capitalism is en vogue right now; but some of us have been at this for a very long time... long enough to understand the importance of nuance and technical detail.
If you can separate your emotion from the issue I'm happy to have an intelligent discussion, but if you're going to continue falling back onto charged language and hyperbole I'm not interested.