Is it though?

I know ai is bad and on another level of resource usage. But I can't help but think it's a bit one-sided and self protecting to ignore that we as people in this earth have been behaving the same way since the industrialization (and before that, but we didn't have the capacity to have an impact on the earth).

We consume and consume more because we are used to it and somehow think we are entitled to these resources that are there.

Now it affects the prices for consumer hardware and that is somehow personal. I am convinced if that weren't the case the ai outrage would be very small and mostly about fringe ethical issues.

Yes we participate in society and yes its basically impossible to avoid data center usage and yes ai data centers are worse. But where is the line of demarcation that separates right from wrong?

There is no right life in the wrong one.