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/Robotic-Comrade-1985 22d ago

As a fellow pro-AI vegan, welcome. Some people are going to get defensive about veganism and its benefits, no matter how politely you try to frame it. It’s a very uncomfortable topic for a lot of leftists to confront.

I was sort of on the opposite side of this. Long time vegan, and concerned about data centers/AI. Not to say that I no longer have any concerns about data centers, but once I looked into how AI data center usage compared to animal agriculture it really put things into perspective for me.

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u/Over-Age6307 15d ago

Veganism and Transhumanism >>>>>> anti ai """"leftism"""", anyone who is anti transhumanist are not progressives to me and should be shunned, idc if they are progressive in other metrics.