Here, have some water.

Here, have some water. You don't want this water? Oh, you're thirsty? Here, have some water. Oh, what's wrong? You don't want this water? Well, you should probably get used to it, because in a couple of years, fresh drinking water is going to look like AI Companies. Nope. will often sources drinking water, evaporate for cooling. dirty runoff. This is what our innocent wildlife is starting to look like. That photo of an elderly lion with plenty drinking water taken from a travel blog back way before the whole AI is starting to look like. And this is what our environment is starting to look like. And I don't think this is some kind of big secret. But I don't think anyone seems to care. Stock photo from before 2016. And this is all because of big AI companies like Chat GPT, Gemini, Meta, and Grok. Those aren't even company names. They're models. Companies like this use 39 million gallons of water daily. That's a lot of market in dollars. Did you even read it? I know what you're gonna say. That's not our drinking water. Well, it is, because if they didn't use fresh water, their computers. The water doesn't actually touch their computers. There are newer facilities that can use non-drinkable water, but they are still a minority. This is affecting our environment in more ways than you know. Cows can't even give birth anymore because of the radiation from the data centers. She gets that from an Instagram post about light disrupting breeding cycles. Which is a concern, she makes it sound like some nuclear leak. She goes on to rant, then make a plug for another AI, that she doesn't say she's sponsored by, but it's a bit sus. I cancelled my ChatGPT subscription and I switched over to one called EcoGPT. But is AI water use actually a problem? I've spent the last few weeks doing a super deep dive and there is misinformation and deception on both sides. It's elephants all the way down the watering hole. So stay tuned for a nuanced take.