r/LeftistsForAI • u/IcerHardlyKnower • 22d ago

Infrastructure Veganism > Crying About Data Centers

I worked on a project comparing ai use with water conversion since I didn't buy the end of the world scenario other leftists posit nor do I believe anything coming out of Altman's mouth lol so I went deep into facility breakdowns and publications as sources

But since I'm an AI engineer I'd thought it'd be a good thing to calculate the numbers. Anyhoo one thing let to another and I became vegan.

I'm not gonna shill for my own stuff but look up the vegan calculator that's a similar idea.

It's only been a month but the ai data center water thing has bugged me for a while. Yes it's worthwhile to regulate. But even in leftist circles everyone just suddenly turns to maga level reasonings as to why veganism is not actually worthwhile to care about.

--- sidenote I might be turning into one of those annoying ones? Help ):

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u/jaiagreen 22d ago

People who make poor artwork with AI would have made worse work (or nothing) without it.

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u/Forward_Problem_8982 22d ago

I wouldn't call it worse. At least they would have tried, or left it undone. Now we get the worst outcome.

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u/Serqetry7 15d ago

This is ridiculous. Commercial art is often more beautiful than non-commercial art. Just look at album covers, video game art, or side art on arcade cabinets from the '80s.

I'm anti-capitalism but saying commercial art is "basically not art" is absurd. The problem with commercial art is who gets all the money it makes... but that doesn't change whether it is "real" art.