terrabytten<p>If you’re against the use of AI for environmental reasons, I have a question for you:</p><p>From the estimates I’ve found, one text prompt generates about 4.32 grams of CO₂e. </p><p>On the other hand, a single serving of steak (100g) is responsible for 4.27 kg CO₂e. </p><p>By my math, you would have to send about 988 prompts to equal the carbon emissions of one steak. (For reference, one 100g serving of tofu is 0.0982 kg CO₂e.)</p><p>My genuine question to anyone who cares about the environment: if you haven’t already, what’s holding you back from making the switch to plant-based eating? </p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noAI</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/plantbased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantbased</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/steak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steak</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/bbq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbq</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/vegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetarian</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/zerowaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zerowaste</span></a></p>