And the environmental cost is still lower than meat.
It’s not meat.
It’s cars and planes. We know this because we observed a drastic drop in air pollution in both 2008 (following the financial crash) and March 2020.
That said, LLM’s water and carbon footprints are likely going to be far more devastating than meat consumption, not that it’ll matter. Everyone is still going to vote Democrat and Republican and things will steadily continue to get worse.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Meat, whether you think it’s moral or ethical or not, serves a need. People need to eat. People don’t need AI slop.
It’s kind of like saying, “Well yeah I leave this 50kw diesel generator running 24/7. It’s way less environmentally damaging than meat. No, I’m not using the power it generates for any real purpose, but who cares, it’s environmentally friendly!”
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
People don’t need to eat meat 2 times a day 7 days a week.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
People don’t need AI slop at all. At least meat provides sustenance.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes but think of the shareholders
undertow411@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I don’t think meat is unethical, nor do I think AI is unethical. Both serve a purpose. I’m just trying to put AI water and power use into perspective.