• @probably2high@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Sorry, I thought we were talking about the amount of power desalination uses. Didn’t even know AI consumes water.

    edit: wait a minute–why the fuck does AI consume water???

    Second edit: sorry, I got caught up in the original comment talking about the cost per minute for desalination, and immediately went to assuming they were talking about energy costs.

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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      18 days ago

      Ah, my bad, lol. Im dumb. I was stuck on water consumption ig. I shouldnt wake up and Lemmy…

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        118 days ago

        Nah man–I did the same thing, but turned all units into power consumption. Regardless, my point was that you can’t drink AI, and maybe prioritizing the usage of vital resources needs to be reassessed.

        • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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          218 days ago

          LOL, your edit is hilarious. It requires water for cooling. Even in a closed loop, it will have losses. I agree, though. Our prioritization of resources is so whack.

            • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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              118 days ago

              It is, but also like…everything we do takes a ton of water, we just don’t think about it. Even just posting this comment in response has it’s resource requirements.