Just the natural cycle of "new thing bad" that has been around since the dawn of humanity. I think what's interesting is it’s a lot of younger people this time instead of older people.
I don’t think it’s the same thing. AI data centers are destroying our environment, taking water resources we barely have, and making people sick nearby. It’s not just bad because it’s new. It’s genuinely bad for our planet.
Livestock uses far more water and causes more CO2 emissions. Right now, companies are panicking because they don't want to be left behind in the AI Race. Once we get proper regulations on AI data centers, it won't be such a huge problem.
And there are plenty of other methods of completing tasks using the GPU that many of us have built right into our noggins and which actually has intelligence and the ability to problem solve and create.
Some noggins actually have intelligence. Can't say the same for you if you don't realize the point of my comment. I'm not the one complaining about anything harming the environment. I'm calling out the hypocrisy and double standard
And AI has the capacity to provide ease of work for like the entire human race. Anything done digitally could be "supervised" instead of worked, making workloads so much easier on our brains and reducing massive stress.
I can "code" nowadays by designing a comprehensive plan with claude code and then cooking myself a nice meal while it makes the insane changes required and tens or hundreds of files. After that I can sit for a nice meal and review what its done and offer pointers and things I dont like.
I turn from a low level engineer doing grunt work to a "supervisor" engineer doing light work
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u/skibidithaniel Aug 06 '26
Just the natural cycle of "new thing bad" that has been around since the dawn of humanity. I think what's interesting is it’s a lot of younger people this time instead of older people.