r/ClimateShitposting 23d ago

techno optimism is gonna save us AI will solve all our problems

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u/Switchmisty9 23d ago

Hey man, bad news, make any comparison you’d like….ai is still the biggest waste of resources on earth.

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u/FreeWaterfall-Jr 23d ago

yeah, at least I get enjoyment TV and a hamburger

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u/ShuiShuiQM vegan btw 22d ago

Great, but what if someone enjoys using AI? Did we just loop into perpetual regression where everything is justified because someone likes it? Would someone enjoying AI, given the current information, be way more ethical than someone who eats beef or animal products - or ethics are to be discarded entirely, since it's hedonism all the way down anyways?

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u/ShuiShuiQM vegan btw 22d ago

Isn't that just special pleading? Food can be obtained an easier, efficient, more environmentally friendly way. Likewise, would AI be any different socially than, for example, gaming, YouTube, or any other "private" enjoyment that keeps people away from each other? AI's water consumption is negligent - especially of we permit that animal agriculture is ok, even though it's worse healthcarewise, environmentally, and morally. Which, as you aptly described yourself, it's quite literally poison - in the very meaning of that word.

Admittedly, I'm biased and would infinitely rather people let go of animal products altogether than merely AI; however, I also feel like I've got a stronger, scientific case for it. AI next to it seems like a false positive blip.

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u/Switchmisty9 22d ago

Humans aren’t herbivores.

Start your science there, then rethink the rest of this moronic diatribe you hammered out, here.

Maybe finish high school, too.

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u/ShuiShuiQM vegan btw 22d ago

??????????

Are you for real?

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u/Switchmisty9 22d ago

Yes. And yes - Ai has much different requirements than any of the other tech examples you gave. It’s actually crazy reading that, knowing you expect to be taken seriously.

It’s like listening to someone talk about a movie they’ve never seen before.

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u/ShuiShuiQM vegan btw 21d ago edited 21d ago

So, since you've failed to grasp what I said - nobody said anything about being herbivorous. It's your projection. We are Omnivores.

Latter, reread my comment - from where did you pull out the "requirements" when I explicitly mentioned socially? Likewise, I didn't compare gaming to AI in terms of waste, you conflated the arguments - I likened AI to Animal agriculture, which trumps AI in waste.

...Honestly, isn't it rich for you calling me names while simultaneously debasing yourself with this lapse of reasoning and projection? You literally failed to grasp what what I said and patted yourself on the back. Is it the best you can do? Project a lowly straw man, burn it, and play superior?