Two people in another thread were trying to claim to me that AI is not contributing to a massive ecological disaster involving both energy and water use because “Americans driving cars contribute more.” As if that would excuse the energy use even if it is true, and I’m not sure it will be true indefinitely even if it is now.

And then I would remind them about the water part and they’d go, “okay, well, that’s a problem in some places, but the technology holds so much promise!”