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lemmy.world

How much water did it take to generate that Ai image?

Using Ai would be the opposite of recycling in my book.

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jaykrownreply
lemmy.world

I'm not sure, do you know? It was free for me, maybe you can ask Google. I'm using it as a tool to spread awareness.

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BroBot9000reply
lemmy.world

500ml water per question to ChatGPT. Images use more. That is not free.

“Spreading awareness of recycling” by using Ai that is an environmental disaster….

https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2024/02/25/ai-is-accelerating-the-loss-of-our-scarcest-natural-resource-water/

https://www.newser.com/story/371879/ai-data-centers-are-thirsty-just-ask-the-neighbors.html

Just stealing a picture from an artist would destroy the environment less.

Stop using Ai if you care about the environment!

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jaykrownreply
lemmy.world

How much water does it take for a human to do that art work for me? How much water did it take you to reply to my comment?

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lemmy.world

It is okay to not know that AI uses significant amounts of water - I don't think a reasonable person would be angry if you just held up your hands and said you weren't aware.

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jaykrownreply
lemmy.world

No I know, but people still eat beef and I've told them to stop and they didn't care. So when people tell me to stop using AI I don't care, because at least I'm spreading awareness rather than simply doing something that benefits myself.

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lemmy.world

I'm not quite sure I follow the logic here. It's definitely frustrating when you point out the various ways the meat industry is harmful to the planet and people don't care and continue to eat beef... But I'm not sure I see the connection between that and you choosing to use a technology that uses significant amounts of water when there are alternatives that use less.

Your words are what you're really using to spread awareness here, the AI image is not as effective as the things you can say and honestly is more likely to drive people away than bring them in, because it sort of undermines your foundations.

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lol

Do you actually care about the environment and recycling or do you just want a platform to post Ai slop?

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jaykrownreply
lemmy.world

Good, then help me do that? Or are you just going to tell me to stop? Because I'm not going to.

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BroBot9000reply
lemmy.world

So you’ll continue to guzzle water and destroy the environment? What is your goal?

DuckDuckGo offers Ai free image search.

Any of these images didn’t exploit the planet to generate slop.

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jaykrownreply
lemmy.world

Just keep complaining, maybe something will change.

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BroBot9000reply
lemmy.world

Making excuses for yourself destroying the environment some more eh 😂

Now that you are aware of the environmental disaster Ai is. You should act better. You know like the thing you are trying to achieve here.

You should make better choices and stop using Ai slop that goes directly against your apparent goal of being pro environment and raising awareness of recycling.

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Your entire argument is weak because the alternative consumes water as well.

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lol are you 12?

Do you not fathom how using Ai slop that literally is worse for the environment than cryptocurrency might go against your goal here?

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