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ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

AI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Water

www.forbes.com

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AI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Water

www.forbes.com

ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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With the rise of generative AI, companies have significantly raised their water usage, sparking concerns about the sustainability of such practices.
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    it scales fine (roughly linear at large scale), people just don’t want to pay the energy cost because they think farms need cheap water.

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      Where would the salt go?

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        brine evaporation ponds

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          Where does the salt go after the water evaporates from the brine? You can’t just dump it back in the ocean, the concentration destroys wildlife.

          Landfill? Salt deserts? It’s gotta go somewhere.

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            Sell it for cheap to barbecue houses

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            Sea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.

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            last I checked salt mining is still an industry

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