The AI Water Narrative: How an Engineering Problem Became Apocalyptic Certainty
tallmetommy · x · 2026-08-12
The author observes that the panic narrative around AI data centers consuming the world's water and causing droughts has crossed generational lines, even frightening children. The author argues this is not a simple misunderstanding but a replicated apocalyptic narrative. The article explores how a conditional engineering problem has been distorted into a societal certainty of impending resource wars.
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