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I sat behind someone on a plane who was using ChatGPT to write the materials and remarks for a sustainability and climate conference. (lemmy.world)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by apprehensivecrab1@lemmy.world to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

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I tried to post this to Reddit but for some reason it keeps getting removed by filters. I normally just lurk on Lemmy but I decided to make an account because I’m so over that stupid platform.

ANYWAY

Last night on my flight home I noticed that the person in front of me was using ChatGPT. I got nosy so I looked closer and found out that they were actually using ChatGPT to write the content for a program of a sustainability and climate conference. They specifically included a section about “dirty” energy sources and the harm that results from energy producers supplying data centers. I was floored.

I am not sure if this was the final product or just a draft, but I find it pretty gross and ironic that the AI that is fueling the climate crisis and responsible for the rapid development of data centers that are doing irreparable damage to local communities and ecosystems is being employed to create the materials for a sustainability conference. Maybe start with looking in the mirror first?

I looked up the company, and turns out this program might be part of a Keynote Livestream that is featuring the Mayor of San Fransisco lol.

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[–] Tartufo@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Does the company you're employed at always happily give you how many extra days you need to take a boat or to ride a train instead of taking a plane? Lucky you, I can promise you that's not the case everywhere.

Like sure, you could insist on taking the cleanest transportation method available but that's definitely putting yourself on the chopping block and while starving to death due to not having income definitely is very climate friendly overall (less humans = less negative impact on climate after all) I really hope you can see yourself why this isn't actually a proper solution. Unless you want to see humanity go extinct but in that case might as well also continue the way we have so far.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Company decisions are made by employees. Definitely you should demand the option for sustainable travel.

But, yeah, it's an easy argument. Trains have WiFi, so you can work while you're moving without harming productivity

[–] LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

Corporations are notoriously democratic.