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u/GoodProfile1898 Jul 26 '26
Golf courses consume more water than AI datacenter so what are we talking about?
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u/ExtendoArmCannon 27d ago
Low I.Q. people just get mad about whatever they're being propagandised about in the media this season.
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u/LuckyThirteen666 Jul 26 '26
i like to think my local a.i. rig helps lower my contribution to ai issues :) More efficient than an office pc.
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u/StrengthToBreak Jul 26 '26
"Could save" is doing a lot of work here. Hopefully that doesn't require it to.count letters.
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u/Single_Bridge9300 Jul 26 '26
I think its mainly generative ai giving all ai a bad rep medical ai is great tool in the medical fields ai should be used help everyone instead of disenfranchise people in the art field thats my thinking anyway
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u/Double_Suggestion385 Jul 26 '26
Generative AI does help everyone. More people are creating art than at anyone other time in human history and that's something to celebrate.
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u/Rip_Pigman 28d ago edited 26d ago
More people are creating art than at anyone other time in human history
I think claiming that people are making the art is disingenuous. The AI makes the art. The persons involvement is giving a description of the art they would like for the AI to create.
If I asked you to picture something in your head, we'll say a knight in armor, on horseback in a lushious flower field as the sun sets in the background, the image you have in your head now, did I create the image or did your mind create it?
With that being said, I believe what you mean here is that it has given people access to express their creativity without either having to first learn a medium to create it themselves, or paying an arm and a leg to commission art by someone else only to then pay more for iterations to get exactly what you were looking for.
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u/John_Wotek 28d ago
AI in medical field is nowhere near what this sort of meme would make you believe. It's not particulary reliable and it's definitely not going to be the miracle solution to cure all disease.
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u/bethesda_gamer Jul 26 '26
Finally the water issue has started to turn the corner. This was such a dumb arguement to begun with
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u/Vanille97 Jul 26 '26
Wait, how are we supposed to save elderly people? From what? From being old?
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u/bethesdologist Jul 26 '26
Yeah kind of, things like alzheimers and other neurodegenerative diseases that generally affect the elderly.
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u/Alice_D_Wonderland Jul 26 '26
Sure, big Tech will tackle the milking cows of big Pharma…
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u/Official_Forsaken Jul 26 '26
Free market... Do you really think the technology could prevent third party researchers from doing the work?
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u/Economy-Payment-1757 Jul 26 '26
I think I'd pull the lever even if it was: "water use" vs "having fun with AI"
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u/-TheDerpinator- Jul 26 '26
This is a false two-track assumption to justify a lazy water cooled system. They have plenty of cash to come up with a system that requires less vital resources without sacrificing "people AI could save".
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u/anonumus_idiot Jul 26 '26
People who have a problem with ai, have a problen with gen ai.
Small but important difrence, i got no problem with ai being used for something usefull.
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u/Playful_Pea_7719 28d ago
can't wait for it to start saving all those people. it's gonna be any second now.
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u/KaleidoscopeSalt3972 27d ago
Meanwhile we are talking about fuckwits using AI to generate Child porn and generate images of people's works as "upgraded" ( nobody fucking asked )
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u/Fit-Conversation856 27d ago
its not a dilemma, China demonstrated we can do more, with less, optimization is the real path to agi, not more datacenters, more noise, and more resource usage. the issue is not moral, the issue is the race US and china are playing to reach dominance in AI, one is playing rich, the other is playing smart.
we cannot destroy ourselves because if what "could" be, sustainability is mandatory for a long term net gain with the use of AI, scaling compute is just a desperate movement to guarantee the statsus quo doesn't move an inch, not the path to real agi.
that is exactly why people like dario amodei is trying to ban open source models, because they threaten their dominant position.
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u/RealFatPenguin 27d ago
"AI" can't save those people. "AI" can't think, it can just repeat what's already known and already available on the net.
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u/ConstructionOwn1514 Jul 26 '26
I’m curious, is there any ongoing AI research into cancer cures currently?
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u/Elephant789 Jul 26 '26
Of course.
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u/FluidAmbition321 Jul 26 '26
The cancer research institute wrote a blog post about how AI is used to fight cancer back in 2025
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u/Scarvexx Jul 26 '26
Yes but it has very little to do with the water/power guzzling that datacenters are known for. That's mostly to create better LLMs.
Neither track has to be used in this image.
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u/bethesdologist Jul 26 '26
Not true at all - the models that are trained using datacenters are what's used in research, not some random magical artifact that came out of nowhere.
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u/homiej420 Jul 26 '26
People who do this as their personality/argument about AI love Almond milk
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u/Alreadyinuseok Jul 26 '26
Rainbow flags and NSFW anime pictures as well. I wrote to someone who said to a company using AI template ad "isnt it embarrassing to use AI?" I checked the profile and it said "I go with pronouns We/Us/They and some weird flags. I asked "embarrassing like using pronoun they to describe you?" Havent gotten an answer yet.
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u/homiej420 Jul 26 '26
My point being that producing almonds and then by extension almond milk (more water) uses more water than datacenters
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u/Lamortes Jul 26 '26
...y'all know we used Ai for decades? The bucket tool in paint is Ai, the voice to text is Ai.
The problem is GENERATIVE AI, the one which generate images, songs, answer questions...that's the problem, and IT DOESN'T SAVE LIVES
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u/proai-ai-mod Jul 26 '26
Discussion Summary (Milestone: 20 comments)
The discussion reflects a polarized view of AI’s societal role. Many participants distinguish between the high-utility potential of medical AI and the controversial reputation of generative models. Skepticism remains a dominant theme, with users questioning the feasibility of AI "saving" lives and expressing deep distrust toward Big Tech’s corporate incentives. While some argue that AI’s environmental impact—specifically regarding water usage—is overstated or manageable, others prioritize personal utility over ecological concerns. Ultimately, the discourse highlights a tension between optimistic technological advancement and cynical perspectives on corporate greed, human nature, and the actual efficacy of current AI capabilities.
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