Are you ready do replace water by bits?
The last thing humanity needed was another fresh water intensive process, and that is what widespread generative AI is. ChatG*T alone allegedly uses 39 million gallons of fresh water a day, to cool down its servers. It is just one of a large number of AI systems. These are just estimates, btw. Additionally, generating a single 5-sec AI video consumes energy equivalent to running a microwave for 3.5 hours. More complex tasks require much more. Most energy production, including oil, require huge water intakes at some step, so increasing electricity demand is also putting stress in fresh water supply. That is another horror story altogether. You see, you can live without food for quite a bit, not without water. The new generation loves to exercise and is correctly told to hydrate. You are talking about hundreds of millions training daily and drinking more water than usual. Additionally, almost every manufacturing process requires large freshwater quantities. Then there is agricultu...
