ok wait guys i’m gonna spread my “woke propaganda” for a second but
BLEEEEEE PLEASE READ!! IMPORTANT MESSAGE BLOEAUAUUUU
do i have your attention? i hope i do, because generative AI is killing our environment and i want to talk about it as well as encourage you to do your own research as well.
yes, my family and friends are fine. you + your family and friends may also be fine right now, but there are many people of whom are going without power and immediate water. tons of people are having to stock up on gallon jugs just to take baths or have a drink.
all because of AI and its effects on the environment.
the machines used to support things like ChatGPT, C.AI, image/video generators, heat up to dangerously warm temperatures— which means that the warehouses they’re in have to be placed locations that have lots of power/energy to run fans, or places with lots of water to pour over the machines.
the amount of power needed to train AI models also demands high quantities of electricity that emit carbon dioxide and pressure on the electric grid.
i’m going to focus mostly on AI chatbots, as that is where most of my knowledge lays.
a whole bottle to a gallon jug of water is used to generate just one message from an AI chatbot.
i’ve seen bots averaging thousands or millions of chats with, as far as i know, hundreds or more messages just in one conversation.
that’s hundreds, thousands, millions of gallons of water a day. imagine the sheer impact that will have on the earth and future generations if we let it continue.
here are some references/articles about this, i heavily encourage you to read them and find more yourself.
i understand if you have an addiction to AI, i’ve been there before myself.
if you use AI to roleplay, i recommend substituting it with - roleplay servers on discord, roleplay forums on places like toyhouse or spacehey, or even roleplay games on roblox
if you use AI to vent, i recommend substituting it with - asking close friends or family or partners if you can talk, messaging/calling a help hotline, journaling your feelings, or drawing if you can/like to.
if you use image generation to make art or animation, i highly recommend taking online or even in person lessons on art. there are so many ways to be creative and make something meaningful or random/silly. there’s all sorts of tutorials online, and you can always ask people for help with tips. you can draw or animate digitally, do traditional art, use clay and make models, you could even use recyclable items to make a sculpture or craft.
yes, your art will be bad at first. it might be very shitty, it might be that way for a long while— but the longer you do it the better you will get. as time goes on you’ll be more and more confident in doing things without AI, no matter what it is you’re deciding not to use AI for.
your dependency on AI and it’s tools doesn’t have to be forever. it doesn’t have to be that far into the future. i promise you, there are much better options than AI. you can absolutely go without it.
extra solution for both using chat bots for roleplay and venting, you can write fanfics. it’s not at all uncommon to use fiction to cope or pass time, just as long as the process doesn’t involve AI. using things like picrew, gacha life, or any dress up games, are also just as good.
for art you could also commission artists if you have money, which would also support someone else as well as get you what you want.
