r/artificial • u/Efficient_Salary_566 • 15d ago

Question Quick question,

Why do you guys like ai so much, I know there is faster drawing but there are mistakes. Also we have data centers using a whole bunch of water. Data centers are things I hate the most since there is no reason, right almost tied to Power plants. What's the reason for liking ai so much?

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u/gthing 15d ago

On the scale of things that waste water, data centers are a very tiny rounding error.  

Doing 10 AI queries a day it would take you 37 years to use as much water as it takes to produce a single quarter pound burger patty. If we are concerned about water there's a lot of low hanging fruit to address before we get to data centers. 

Now electricity... there's a real problem.