browsing through <some> of the responses already submitted to this prompt, <i> both folks doing what they can and folks in <disillusionment / despair> over how even collectively all <our> personal contributions will not make a difference in the face of <corpo> pollution.
<i> want to offer a yes <and / but>
maybe <our> reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose efforts are miniscule. but <abstaining / boycotting> the use of <generative ai> does have a clear and high impact.
the united nations reports that <generative ai> may <soon> consume more six times more water than denmark. and mit reports that 4.4% of energy in the <us> is used by <data centers>.
it’s a <lot> of energy used for <emails / articles / graphics / photographs> that could be created by <humans> instead.
Do Androids Dream of Dick? Writings of a Queer Posthumanist 