More important than that, the power plants that run them are often heavily polluting, and tend to be in low-income, predominately black neighborhoods. So AI is giving poor kids cancer.
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Typhoon@lemmy.ca 2 weeks agoThey also use up huge amounts of drinking water.
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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
And they’re crazy loud. Some days, it’s a constany 100+ decibels of sound around nearby homes due to the cooling systems.