Reddit debate: why do anti-AI voices fixate on emissions while ignoring bigger polluters?
justcurious112345 · reddit · 2026-10-16
A Redditor asks why hardcore anti-AI voices selectively target AI's environmental costs while staying silent about more serious harms. The author stresses they're not pro-AI and have strong criticisms of it too, but argues outrage should scale with actual harm — and that pointing this out gets them accused of whataboutism.
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