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Whether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel. (archive.is)
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archive.is link to article from allabout.ai at https://www.allaboutai.com/resources/ai-statistics/ai-environment/

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[–] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Need is a strong word. There are much more efficient ways to cool data centers. They've just chosen the most wasteful way because it's the cheapest (for them).

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 12 hours ago

To be clear: I’m saying that an ongoing supply of pure water is a requirement of the cooling method they chose, not that they were required to choose that method. The poster I was replying to asked how water could actually be consumed and not just reused.