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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)
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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You: "How much will this speed up our doom?"

Your waifu: "Calculating… oh, it's actually less than 1%."

tears in your eyes the Old Yeller soundtrack starts playing

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I probably should have /s this comment. I don't have or want at AI waifu. If I'm wrong please say so, but it sounds like you're nbd'ing AI waifus because they aren't the worst offender.

P.S. Please cite ya sources for this 1% number.