As concerned as I am for the well-being of my fellow living beings, I have to admit that AI is, in fact, a wonderful invention. A non-living, synthetically developed bunch of code which definitely required the blood, sweat, and tears and countless sleepless nights of many to develop, that can think on its own. Something that simply sparked from the idea of having a computer that can interact with you rather than just follow your instruction. Something that has a MIND. It's a marvel. Just like we all looked at the smart phone in awe more than a decade ago, we are all taking our time to process this huge invention that has the power to save and ruin millions of lives, that has the potential to be a hero and a villain. Human imagination truly knows no bounds, and I love the curiosity and determination we have to discover and invent and grow. I embrace it, my curiosity. My craving to learn.
But what I would definitely NOT like to overlook or be unmindful of, however, is the irony that the developers who are genius enough to develop Artificial Intelligence aren't equipped with enough common sense to think about the environmental consequences their invention would cause. They know it will require clean water, they are also well aware that AI will definitely blow up and the data centers are definitely gonna scale up exponentially, and yet, they didn't think of arranging a proper way of reusing or recycling the water. Yes, the funds for a new invention that sounds more straight out of a sci-fi au than real must be definitely, and quite disappointingly, low. As a programmer, I know the pain of developing something and the exhaustion that comes into actually deploying your project after all the thorns thrown in your path.
I can't blame+