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This is whataboutism.
It's more like a false dilemma, claiming we can only focus on or solve one or the other. Our largest focus should be the largest polluters as mentioned, but it's also ok to want to challenge the use of AI in messaging about social action.
I disagree with you, and @[email protected] - respectfully.
I'm not trying to detract from AI's issues, or insist that we can only address one issue at a time. However, if I was given $100 Million to address these issues, I'd be investing 99 millon into dealing with water, land, and mining related issues, as those can have immediate effects. Emissions are such a hard one to address, since it requires buy in from literally everyone (look how hard that was with COVID, and people were dying right there and then due to it). Regulating and reducing AI emissions seems a lower priorty to me compared to things like better O&G regulation which are likely to have larger impacts on overall emssions.
How has this got anything to do with a meme community that makes memes?