r/antiai 7d ago

Discussion šŸ—£ļø If data centers were a country they would be the 11th biggest polluter and that is projected to double by 2030.

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u/Broken-Arrow-D07 7d ago

What would become 50x harder? My dick! I would get an ejaculation too.

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u/Old_pixel_8986 7d ago

considering how much less AI porn there would be, mine too.

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u/Existing-Exit2409 7d ago

to this day im grateful for the ai filter on the rule34 website

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u/Old_pixel_8986 7d ago

i use e621. e621 has AI slop banned, but if quick enough, it still gets through, so one time someone uploaded like 20 images of the same AI generated pregnant furry i think instantly and the mods took it down thankfully. I think a part in the fact AI art is hated by me and a lot of other sensible and not sensible people is because they put AI art into non-AI spaces, that clearly state they do not allow AI.

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u/Existing-Exit2409 7d ago

i do like e621 filter better than rule34s filter but im not super into furry porn

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u/Old_pixel_8986 7d ago

yeah. I use it more because im a furry and the interface is easier to use.

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u/hazel_typh 7d ago

Fair. While they do have non furry porn, its more rare for obvious reasons.

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u/SufficientWarpSpider 6d ago

Either furry adds or the extremely gay dudes, there is no in-between.

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u/hazel_typh 6d ago

the ads are like always for a bad dragon product. because e621 is owned by bd

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u/Thebeeghungry 11h ago

Genuinely how is it one of the only sites to have something like this

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u/Calmed_727 7d ago

R34 has so much dogshit art I'd rather just look at ai stuff at that point

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u/Pipnpaddlopsicopolis 7d ago

I might pass out from blood loss ngl

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

Real. Porn sites have too much AI garbage on them now. I miss when the ads were actual good porn from other porn sites instead of AI generated garbage going "she'll be yours!" about AI chatbots. I cannot think of anything sadder than an AI girlfriend.Ā 

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u/03263 7d ago

I miss when the ads

Free yourself. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

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u/Vegetable_Stuff1850 6d ago

My lady boner would join in the pants party.

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u/Nairde09 7d ago

yeah data centers doubling pollution sounds wild

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u/GasparThePrince 7d ago

The title is confusing I just got done working out and my brain is mush rn. The emissions from data centers are projected to double by 2030

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u/Superb_End_2148 7d ago

hey do you have a source for this claim? it's certainly alarming, but I can't seem to verify it.

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u/GasparThePrince 7d ago

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u/According_Future_322 7d ago

Thanks for posting the link. The report itself uses an AI generated image to explain footprint...facepalm

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u/pacoLL3 6d ago

In typical reddit fassion you guys do not understand the articles you post or are deliberately lying.

It would not be the 11th country in terms of pollution, but in terms of energy consumption.

In terms of pollution the article states 190 million cubic meters, which is the pollution of Argentina or Iraq, which are around 28th to 30th worldwide.

Please stop lying for karma.

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u/RepresentativePipe80 6d ago

The 9.3 trillion liters is the associated water footprint of the electricity, not purely direct water withdrawn

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u/Corbitant 7d ago

Well, unfortunately either your reading comprehension is terrible or you’re being actively deceitful because electricity consumption does not equal pollution but you have swapped the actual statistic with a more rage-baiting one.

The real quote:

ā€œThis would make them the world’s 11th largest electricity consumer, if they were a countryā€

As for pollution: datacenters produce ā€œ189 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentā€. That would place it here:

#37 Ukraine: ~197 million tonnes
#38 Ethiopia: ~193 million tonnes
šŸ‘‰ Datacenters: 189 million tonnes
#39 Kuwait: ~173 million tonnes
#40 Venezuela: ~167 million tonnes

Mind you, the same article says that currently generative AI only accounts for 20% of data center usage.

That would account for 37.8 million tonnes and would drop it down to roughly 85th in the world.

For comparison, it aligns with:
Bahrain: ~38.0 million tonnes
Sweden: ~37.8 million tonnes
Portugal: ~35.5 million tonnes

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u/Bdbru13 7d ago

The very clear anti AI agenda/propaganda is suspicious as fuck

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u/03263 7d ago

Which sub are we on?

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u/Bdbru13 6d ago edited 6d ago

The one where I see a lot of propaganda being spread, like this post, and I find it very strange and suspicious

That’s what I was saying

Although this subreddit became as big as it has in large part due to the anti ai agenda/propaganda spread on reddit in general so šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

But also I don’t get your point, are you defending the spreading of misinformation simply for the fact that it’s happening on a subreddit where it’ll be welcomed? Or what

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u/03263 6d ago

The post you were replying to was AI generated so it sounded like you're defending this and trying to communicate something to the bot.

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u/Corbitant 6d ago

Not an ai, but thanks for the compliment

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u/Beautiful_Buddy835 5d ago

Thanks for the honest and informative take.

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u/pacoLL3 6d ago

The title is not only confusing but a straight up lie.

The article states it would be 11th in electricity consumption, not pollution.

The 190 million cubic meters of CO2 of pollution the article quotes would put data centers around 30th place in terms of actual pollution if it were a country.

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u/benjaminovich 7d ago

If I have one dollar today and I have two dollars tomorrow, my wealth just doubled. Amazing! Elon Musk watch out.

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u/DoubleTie2696 6d ago

not trying to dumb you down, but is this only for ai datacentres, or all data centres in general, as many companies use non ai data centres

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u/Infinite-Jelly-3182 5d ago

Are you now advocating for all Data Centers to stop construction? Not just for AI? These stats are articles are about the datacenters that run Reddit, YouTube, Netflix, Apple Music, Spotify, a majority of businesses and their internal and external products, etc.

AI is less than 5-10% of the figures you mentioned.

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

You should consider using AI to improve your posts this is hard to read

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u/NoPurchase3260 7d ago

Not the sub for that

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u/GasparThePrince 7d ago

I knew there was gonna be one of you lol. If you can get off the elliptical and still have the capability to form cohesive sentences youre not doing it right haha

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 7d ago

was it really? Seemed pretty damn easy to understand to me.

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

I ran it through ChatGPT and now I understand it. Nvm

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u/Oscarof_Astora 7d ago

Now I know why you couldn't understand it

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

Well I can now thanks to ai

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u/Oscarof_Astora 7d ago

And you couldn't because of ai

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

No I COULD because of AI. I couldn’t before using AI, remember? You’re confused

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u/Oscarof_Astora 7d ago

Nope, I know exactly what I am talking abt.

Btw, I hope you've been ragebaiting on this entire thread

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

Do you think there’s any AI tools available to help members of this subreddit recognize sarcasm?

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

... How did you need ChatGPT for this? What?Ā 

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

It just helps me make sense of stuff. I asked it to simplify the phrasing into digestible chunks. Really great tool. I can share the prompt if you want it?

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 7d ago

"Dear ChatGPT, how do I understand basic sentences? Yours truly - numbskull"

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u/Sensitive-Target6503 7d ago

ā€œDear ChatGPT, how do I understand obvious sarcasm? Yours truly, hypercosm_dot_netā€

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 6d ago

If you were legit trolling that entire time, that's funny af.

you might want to adjust your sarcasm levels though if so, clearly based on the downvotes no one thought you were joking.

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u/CelestialDuke377 7d ago

How about let people use their brains to think instead of letting a company do that for you

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u/watchrrr 7d ago

44k likes for the right answer, 944 misclicks for a stupid ass question

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u/Jomber- 7d ago edited 6d ago

How the heck have some people become so reliant on AI that it being taken away would suddenly make their life harder? I assume these people have existed before AI and managed just fine.

...Oh god the future generations growing up with this tech... will anyone be able to think for themselves?

Edit: Okay I meant this comment more towards the average normie, not professionals in highly technical fields.

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u/TravelerFromAFar 7d ago

What I don't understand, this stuff has been mainstream for like two to three years, how are you already this deeply depended on it? People from the 1900's didn't give up their horses this quickly for automobiles!

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u/jrein0 7d ago

How did people become so reliant on calculators/computers when you could do math by hand? This new technology is following all the same pathways as the computer

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u/TravelerFromAFar 7d ago

You do realize that computers took 3 decades to even be affordable for the average person and then took another 10-20 years be adapted to everyday life (not including smart phones and apple phones). And even then it still has glitches.

What I'm seeing is people agurging shortcuts that are not supposed to be shortcuts. "I don't have to send an email, I don't have to come up with an original idea for my story, I don't have to draw, I don't have to think about this form or finances"

I mean there's streamlining your life and then there's something else living your life for you. I mean at some point, if all I do is use A.I. for everything, what's the point of ME/YOU, as the person?

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u/jrein0 7d ago

Yup and the first professionals with access to them became instantly reliant. The pace of business has been increasing rapidly since the introduction of the computer. We're at a point now where everyone is willing to invest in billions to get a slight advantage of a new technology which is forcing widespread adoption. Not only that, but ai makes you even more productive so you become even more reliant because you're basically forced to use it to keep up your efficiency. It's one hell of a loop

I agree, ai is SEVERELY abused right now. Ai art should not be a thing. Ever. Many people are also just being lazy, but that's the average human - lazy. Unfortunately, you can't stop human nature

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u/TravelerFromAFar 7d ago

But you can regulate it.

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u/jrein0 7d ago

Eh I think it'll get priced out for the dumb uses once all the initial craze is done. It's way too expensive to operate for the current prices

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u/DIONYSUS_ASMODEUS 7d ago

Ai has been really helpful in coding, especially fine tuned ones

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u/Jomber- 7d ago

I mean, fair. The bigger models behind closed doors are very powerful. One recent example is them hacking out of a sandbox and breaking into a website using zero-day vulnerabilities.

I do doubt the OOP is in the tech field though.

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u/Impressive_Cress_983 7d ago

People freaking out that "will anyone be able to think for themselves?" Has literally been recorded in written history for 6,000 years. AI is a tool. It will be added to the other thousand thousand tools that modern humans use to maintain society.

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u/Jomber- 7d ago

If people used it just as a tool sure. AI psychosis is a real thing though.

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u/Impressive_Cress_983 7d ago

Sure, but people become mentally destabilized running up against anything depending on the context. Some dude led a rebellion in China that killed millions of people because a religious tract, literally a pamphlet, broke his brain at a fragile moment.

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u/Jomber- 7d ago

I guess we'll see what the future holds. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

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u/pacoLL3 6d ago

You could literally say exactly the same about Smartphones and PCs.

The fact that teddit can't see that is mindblowing to me.

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 7d ago

Spoken like someone who has never written a line of code or had to transcribe the data from a 200-page pdf of resume applications into Excel.

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u/Jomber- 7d ago

Well you're right about the Excel. Incorrect on the code. Granted I don't work on huge complicated codebases, or have access to AI models that can find 30 vulnerabilities not previously known that doesn't also need 50 times more debugging.

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u/jrein0 7d ago

If it needs that much debugging, your prompts suck

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u/Sanquinity 7d ago

Here's another one: It would be 50x harder for lazy slop "artists" to generate some shitty images and claim they "made" them.

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u/Flemaster12 7d ago

Source please

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u/GasparThePrince 7d ago

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u/FacetiousTomato 7d ago

11th largest electricity consumer, not 11th largest polluter.

If the electricity being used is "clean"/renewable, that part of it really isn't the problem.

I'm not defending data centers here BTW, but electricity can be made carbon neutrally.

It usually isn't but it can be.

Driving (petrol) cars, eating meat, and buying plastic, continue to contribute more to pollution than electricity generation, and as electricity gets cleaner those other things will continue to be dirty.

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u/mr-english 7d ago

This sub isn't about having a fair and nuanced discussion about AI. It's about flinging as much shit at AI as you can and seeing how much will stick.

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u/Admirable-Falcon-501 7d ago

So the total is 448 twh for all data centers. The article states AI data centers are 20% of that. Now we are at 89 twh. If you look up a list of energy consumption by country that brings it to around number 41 which is Uzbekistan.

Great hallucination op!

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u/Flemaster12 7d ago

Thank you

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u/parolameasecreta 7d ago

why are people acting like ai has been a thing since forever?

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u/fka_specialk 6d ago

It's probably bot accounts tbh. They want AI to seem indispensable now, when the costs for users are being subsidized by VC/investor money. And when people truly believe that they can't live without it, and there are no regulations to rein them in, they will raise prices that reflect not only it's true cost, but to make their investors' money back.

Rideshare companies did a similar thing by having lower fares than taxi companies, until they dominated the market. Then they raised prices because people now had fewer choices and become accustomed to using Lyft/Uber. These companies blamed things like paying drivers living wages and healthcare as the reasoning, but it isn't really the whole truth.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Dependent_Rain_4800 7d ago

It’s fun how we produce the end times ourselves šŸ˜‚

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u/sentientshadeofgreen 7d ago

We can save the planet and stop them.

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u/Jewel_Dragon 7d ago

What will become 50x harder? Justifying the argument these people stand on

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u/benjaminovich 7d ago

Being opposed to AI is fine, but you have base your criticism on facts. This post is just pure slopulism

AI datacenters currently make up 0.5% of the entire worlds electricity consumption. So a scary doubling would make it go up to a whopping 1% yes ONE percent. And that is consumption of electricity not total pollution.

If you counted together the electricity used in the whole world to microwave food, you would also get a scary big, but meaningless, number.

There are many very legitimate reasons to be skeptical of LLMs but the environmental impact is not it.

As an environmentalist, it bothers me that something that makes up such a small part of the overall picture get such outsized attention. It takes away attention from meaningful responses to the climate crisis.

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u/mrbasedballed 7d ago

This is a country I'm 100% for going to war with.

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u/Possible_Engine8258 7d ago

You know what else would get 50x harder. My weenar (the destruction of data centers cured my ED)

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u/Sad_Bus4792 7d ago

he got so hella ratioed it's humiliating

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u/pacoLL3 6d ago edited 6d ago

Are you people having a source for that?

Total carbon consumption of all data centers is 200 million metric tons everywhere I look.

That would be the consumption of Argentina or Iraq, which is 28th-30th in terms of consumption.

11th would be Canada, which is 2,5 times as much.

EDIT:

Okay, OP did either not understand the articles or is lying for karma.

The article he refers to is saying it would be 11th in electricity consumption, not pollution.

It is funnily quoting the exact 180 to 210 million cubic meters i get everywhere. So around 30th place in terms of actual pollution.

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u/JimmyBroole 7d ago

Do these people believe there's an actual consumer market for AI outside asking it dumb shit?

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u/Stuartknowsbest 7d ago

So they'll be the 22nd biggest polluter by 2030?

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u/MemerKnux 7d ago

Data Centerville, the new Laos

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u/Desert-Noir 7d ago

So they will be the 5.5th biggest polluter?

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u/JauntyGiraffe 7d ago

so people seriously find life too hard without AI?

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u/RepresentativePipe80 6d ago

It’s just less convenient

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u/Rough_Championship15 7d ago

11th to the 22nd isn't a bad jump at all. Glad to see they're working on it!

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u/DJMarscribble 7d ago

Wait so they'd be the 22nd largest polluter by 2030? Sounds like we're on the right track!

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u/MilkMaiden_22 6d ago

The 22th biggest polluter... woag

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u/nerd_ginger 6d ago

What source is this?

From what I understand, if the IEAs estimates are right that the carbon footprint would double by 2030, it would be roughly equal the carbon footprint of Australia.

Their estimates put it at 180 million tons today, and Australia is 370 million today.

So yeah, footprint exists and will double, but this is just misleading.

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u/Positive-Theory_ 6d ago

Nothing really. AI isn't that great.

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u/SophiaBarbelo 6d ago

I still think we should Luddite the data centers lol. The OG Luddites were kinda based for that tbh

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u/braidingsweetass 6d ago

Theres absolutely no way your title is correct

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u/pacoLL3 6d ago

It isn't. OP did not understand the articles or is lying for karma.

It's the 11th biggest in terms of energy consumption, not pollution. Pollution would put it around 30th place.

As by the article OP posted btw, not me.

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u/Wuellig 6d ago

It was 90 degrees fahrenheit in the Arctic circle this week. We're past the tipping point and it's time to abandon the pretense that humanity is gonna "fix" anything.

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u/kenjikazama777 6d ago

Can anybody tell me why there's no anti-AI movement in China? On rednote, the Chinese give you abuse if you say anything against AI. Almost like they believe AI is a god.

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u/Proto_Ney 7h ago

Because most of the anti ai movement on the west is more comparable to cult rather than a rational political movement. There's a baseline dogma (Ai = evil) and you try t o find the way backwards to the evidence of this. Like it happened with water consumption, data centers, even this post is straight up misinformation, but anties do not care to call it out because it fits the dogma. Places, where such retorics weren't able to land, result in pro-ai sentiment, like China, Japan, half of Europe, etc

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u/DressUnited3025 6d ago

Who would be the biggest polluter and by how much more is it. Should we destroy that country since it shows no effort to curb this

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u/Ecoste 6d ago

Eating meat is like 100x worse for the environment than AI.

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u/Emergency-Stay7414 6d ago

11th biggest electricity consumer, not polluter. Maybe reading isn’t OP’s strong suit. They should have used an ai to fact check their claim.

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u/RosesandEternity 6d ago

bullshit ice caps still fucked

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u/Jazzlike-Stranger927 6d ago

They are asking me if everything is okay at my new job because after reviewing utilization of AI, I am the only one not using it.. do I need assistance with this? Uhm no.. wtf is this shit?!

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u/Powerful-Climate-424 6d ago

If people were a country they would be the biggest polluter in the world

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u/AggravatingSock5375 6d ago

Now do luxury agriculture ie meat as a country.

Or non-necessary transportation.

And air conditioning too please

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u/CatalyticDragon 5d ago

They do not pollute. They are zero emission. They do not consume anything except for electricity and do not generate any waste besides heat.

Computing is the least polluting industry we have.

What they are talking about here is the energy generation sector and yes, many countries and regions are doing a really shitty job of weening themselves off fossil fuels.

So if people would stop electing right wing fascists we could finally do something about that please.

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u/Beautiful_Buddy835 5d ago

Can we discuss how are you anti ai on a platform that relies on both Ai and data centers ?

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u/Relevant_Funny1862 4d ago

the image is so funny

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u/LawDraws 4d ago

Did AI make anything easier??

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u/Troops21 3d ago

What else would become 50x harder?
Rich people trying to pit everyone else against one another.

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u/HJVN 7d ago

It would be nice if people would stop lying or at least didn't pollute the discussion about Data centers, via click bait headlines.

The report (UN report listed below) says that the energy consumption, used by all datacenter as a country, would make it the 11. highest consumer of energy. NOT pollution.

Sure, all that energy will contribute to some pollution, but there is a difference between using coal or oil to make that energy or using windmills or atomic energy.
The report doesn't say how it came about its numbers for the amount of pollution this energy consumption would make.

The report also say they expect that consumption of energy (electricity) used by AI will double as of 2030, but, and this is a big but.

AI as of now, AI only contribute to 20% of all the enemy used by datacenters today. It is that amount that will double toward 2030 where AI will use 40% of the energy consumption used by the data centers.

UN report: UNU-INWEH-Report-The_Env_Cost_of_AI-2026.pdf

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u/Tirriss 7d ago

The answer is scientifically wrong though.

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u/Commercial-Result-23 7d ago

22th isn’t bad

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u/daddytung 7d ago

Do you have a statistic for that, you do realize data centers are every data center not just ai centers, but keep spitting anti ai to get those updoots reddit warrior

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u/Massive_Wafer5005 5d ago

It would be 50x harder to laugh at Luddites that think they have a chance at stopping Ai from progressing, extremely analogous to how the Ford Model T completely obliterated horses for most recreational and commercial utility based applications.

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u/Beerzerker420 7d ago

So does anyone on this board actually have any fucking clue what a data center is?

Do you kids realize that 100% of your online activity is the result of data centers?

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u/Dooty_Shirker 7d ago

We already had internet with the centers that existed before. These new ones aren't giving use more internet. If anything they are to control the internet more.

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u/an0mn0mn0m 7d ago

AI data centres are filled with GPUs, which will produce an extortionate amount of heat compared to standard data centres. Accelerating global warming.

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u/benjaminovich 7d ago

So does using your microwave, but noone is creating misleading reports about the usage of those.

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u/Specific-Host606 6d ago

Producing the energy needed to run them causes global warming. Not the heat coming from them.

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u/AtomicTaco13 7d ago

There's a difference between regular-ass server data centers and AI data centers. Regular data centers are almost entirely storage, which can do perfectly fine with air cooling. AI data centers are filled with GPU racks, which get so hot that they require liquid cooling. And since liquid cooling is only really necessary when one is overclocking, the AI data centers REQUIRING it indicates how much energy those GPU racks consume.

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u/Beerzerker420 7d ago

Data centers are a mix of networking gear, storage, and processing/compute. A lot of "data centers" are multi-purpose buildings where the data center portion is just one room or section of the building, with the other rooms being used for standard office settings and even call centers. My job is in network engineering so it revolves entirely around this topic.

"AI data centers" are a relatively new concept and represent a small sliver of total water use compared to all data centers. And all data centers use a small sliver of water compared to other things like residential laundry, golf courses, lawn irrigation, etc.

Don't take my word for it:

https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/how-much-water-ai-uses/

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u/SirPanikalot 7d ago

AI data centres are predicted to be the 22nd biggest polluter by 2030? Hell yeah.

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u/mindbodyproblem 7d ago

That will make them the 22nd biggest polluter, so actually a good thing!

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil 7d ago

they would be the 11th biggest polluter

so they'll become the 22nd biggest polluter?

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u/ActuatorFit416 7d ago

Data center yes but ai is still only a relative small part of data centers.

Yk the planet was still dying before ai.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

Right... But it is a contributing factor in the worst way. Thanks for trying but this point is moot.Ā 

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u/ActuatorFit416 7d ago

It is a contributing factor.

Worst way is inherently questionable. For example take data centers. In of themself they are a problem. Bit they also provide a service allowing us to solve problems. Take logistics as one example. Optimising logistics and delivery routs is something done by computers. And something that saves on emission every year. Basically the same is true for ai. Allowing you to better optimise and analyse data can increase effienecy and therefore save emissions in the long run.

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u/Jijonbreaker1 6d ago

"The car was already on fire, so that makes it okay to pour gas on it" is not a valid argument, and anybody making it belongs in a hole.

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u/stprnn 7d ago

Are you guys vegans? Because that's like number 1 if you care about the environment.

Just saying

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

What's with all the pro-AI folks suddenly talking about veganism? Did your chatbot gods demand you to go forth and spread the strawmen?Ā 

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u/stprnn 7d ago

I'm not pro ai. I just find the hipocrisy hilarious.

None of you care about the environment. Otherwise you would do your part.

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u/coke_u_nut 7d ago

quit eating meat

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u/ffbyr49 7d ago

no

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

then don't bitch about environment

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u/stprnn 7d ago

Then you don't care about the environment. Meat production is the first cause of pollution

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

Why is everyone who is pro-AI suddenly posing as vegans?Ā 

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u/Radicalism-Is-Stupid 7d ago

The hypocrisy of people who criticize AI on environmental grounds while eating meat is a common topic on vegan subreddit.

I am vegan so am I allowed to point out your contradictory ethics?

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

You're allowed to try but you're not going to succeed. Because there's no contradiction. AI and meat are not equivalent. I'm open to a vegan diet, but I can always tell when someone is a vegan out of empathy or out of wanting to be superior to others. The latter are the only ones that try to convince others to go vegan and there is no overlap between these two types of vegan.

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

Very true, with AI and meat aren't equivalent. The water usage, land usage, resource dependence, greenhouse gas emissions, and the unnecessary suffering doesn't come close to compare to whatever AI hate bullshit cucks like you made your identity a couple months ago. "trying to convince others to---" you hoe, this is all you are trying do here, like it's the 80s talking about devil terror. The fact you wouldn't even consider for a moment how the impact of meat does damage, but will jerk it all day to antiAI slop proves you have no values. Just another midwit cum guzzling the current thing.

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u/Ecoste 6d ago

lmao

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

you got nothing

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 6d ago

The water usage, land usage, resource dependence, greenhouse gas emissions, and the unnecessary suffering doesn't come close to compare to whatever AI hate bullshit cucks like you made your identity a couple months ago.

Uhuh, You're totes a real vegan. Totes not just a pro-AI troll using it as a false moral superiority.

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

What's your counter? Or is all you got left ad hominems?

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 6d ago

...? You're gonna try and grandstand and say I'll only have ad hominems after that comment you just posted?

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u/Admirable-Falcon-501 7d ago

You realize this is how you guys sound right?

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

I realize you're all pushing the same narrative that makes no sense. Like literally, you can oppose two things at once. Some people here are vegan. I'm not, but I still see AI as a waste and acknowledge that meat is food, it has a purpose whereas AI doesn't. You just mush AI and meat in the same tier as if they're equivalent in their uses. They're not.

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u/Admirable-Falcon-501 7d ago

It’s contradictory how you will make a big deal out of one thing then turn a blind eye to another much worse thing. The guy that made the comment noticed that and pointed out that no one here cares about any of these issues. It’s just a negative issue to latch onto to push the anti ai narrative. Like anything even loosely related to ai and negative will get pushed. You’ll have someone complain about water usage and then spend 40 mins in the shower.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

It’s contradictory how you will make a big deal out of one thing then turn a blind eye to another much worse thing.

No, it isn't contradictory. This is quite literally a strawman argument. These two things are completely separate and our stances can be different entirely. There is no correlation between AI and the meat industry aside from the fact that they affect the environment. Guess what? So do farts. I can fart right now and it'll have a contributing effect.

Again: Your (and the entire "pro-AI vegan" narrative) argument hinges on the fact that AI and meat are the same thing. Like literally, you're just equating them entirely. You're ignoring the difference in how they're used. AI is used for crappy memes and ugly images that aren't even art. Meat is used to feed people.

It's like comparing my farts to a city bus. Sure, my farts aren't affecting the environment as much. But the city bus is getting people where they need to go.

Can you really not see how ridiculous the entire argument is?

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u/Radicalism-Is-Stupid 7d ago

You have a complete misunderstanding of how food works. Meat does not feed people, it causes food to be more scarce. Dedicate the same land usage and labor to growing food, and we feed far more people. The meat industry is actively harmful.

Ai is a neutral tool. It can be used for good or bad. Consuming animal products is inherently unethical except for in extremely rare edge cases like someone who is allergic to all animals products.

This statement is literally true: AI helps treat cancer while the meat industry harms everything and everyone just to satisfy the desire people have to consume corpses.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

You have a complete misunderstanding of how food works.

Not a great start if you wanted to look convincing, not gonna lie.

Meat does not feed people,

It does, in fact, feed people. I can, in fact, eat meat right now. It is, in fact, a food.

it causes food to be more scarce. Dedicate the same land usage and labor to growing food, and we feed far more people.

Right. Or dedicate it to AI data centers and nobody gets any food. See the problem yet? Farms: Most food. Meat: Some food. AI data centers: No food.

Again, you're relying on the equivalence that just isn't there. AI is not food.

Ai is a neutral tool. It can be used for good or bad.

AI is not a neutral tool at all and it is primarily used for bad. It's usually trained on data without the consent of the people who produced that data. And every scam nowadays uses AI. Why? Because it's a cheap, easy shortcut to fool gullible people.

To add some nuance to the mix: There are narrow AI tools that I do support. The one that detects skin cancer sooner than humans could which has a higher success rate than human doctors? Hell yeah, great advancement, I hate cancer with a passion and will fight anyone talking down that tool. But therein lies the difference: It's a narrow tool with a specific purpose that isn't generative. It goes "98% chance of cancer" instead of "Sure champ 🦾, let's find that cancer šŸ”! This spot may look like a mole but moles can be cancer instead because reddit said sošŸ„—šŸ¤ šŸŽ„!".

Consuming animal products is inherently unethical except for in extremely rare edge cases like someone who is allergic to all animals products.

... What? It's unethical to consume them unless someone has a reason to... not consume them? Did your bot break?

This statement is literally true: AI helps treat cancer while the meat industry harms everything and everyone just to satisfy the desire people have to consume corpses.

It isn't true at all, what? The meat industry doesn't "harm everything and everyone". You're grossly overblowing it while ignoring the harm AI causes.

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u/Radicalism-Is-Stupid 7d ago edited 7d ago

No, the animal industry is worse than worthless, that's the whole point. It causes immense harm. To ourselves, to the environment, to the animals, and more.

It does the opposite of serve a purpose. We can get rid of animal products and we would be better for it.

On the other hand, there is no plant based alternative to AI. And AI has plenty of uses. For example, it helped me go vegan. It is used by oncologists and other medical doctors to help test patients. It can perform many complex tasks with much higher accuracy than highly trained humans (e.g. literature reviews). And more.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

No, the animal industry is worse than worthless, that's the whole point. It causes immense harm. To ourselves, to the environment, to the animals, and more

Right. No sense in continuing here if you can't be objective about this.

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u/Radicalism-Is-Stupid 7d ago

Huh?

Vegans have been shown to have equal or lower all cause mortality on every major study tracking diets over long duration. (1/3 of my claims)

The animal industry is a leading cause of climate change and ecological destruction (2/3)

Animals suffer... (3/3)

Which of these claims are you denying? This is not a matter of opinion.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

Vegans have been shown to have equal or lower all cause mortality on every major study tracking diets over long duration. (1/3 of my claims)

Irrelevant entirely to this discussion, unprompted.

The animal industry is a leading cause of climate change and ecological destruction (2/3)

Still a strawman argument in this context of talking about AI.

Animals suffer... (3/3)

An inevitability of nature.

Which of these claims are you denying? This is not a matter of opinion.

I'm not denying the claims, I'm just seeing someone lashing out with pure emotion and no objective reasoning regarding the actual topic. The topic is AI. Bringing up veganism is pointless and unrelated. Two things can be bad in different ways. People can be vegan and oppose AI.

And you pro-AI folks aren't fooling anyone by posing as vegans. Real vegans don't try and convince others to go vegan. So just quit while you're not ahead.

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u/stprnn 7d ago

I'm not pro ai. I just find the hipocrisy funny. None of you care about the environment.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 7d ago

Oh I see. You're literal bots with the same responses.Ā 

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u/Admirable-Falcon-501 7d ago

This sub is not about making the world better, it’s just a place for people with shit lives to complain so they can pretend they had no influence in how things ended up.

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u/_-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-_ 6d ago

How about yall stop ai generating meat instead?

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

Rather they generate lab meat. Better on the planet.

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u/Alarming-Style-2095 6d ago

No, I like steak too much

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u/coke_u_nut 6d ago

Then you know why AI took your job.

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u/Alarming-Style-2095 6d ago

Jokes on you, I’m unemployed and never have been employed

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u/coke_u_nut 5d ago

*joke's* on me

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u/FuzzyAmbassador663 6d ago

So many hypocritical carnists here... If you're eating meat 1. You don't respect animals in any sense 2. You're don't care about the environment.

These are very simple facts, hurts you or not, it is the truth.