yes, AI training and generation really does use fresh water that then can't be used otherwise it doesn't just circulate it e.g. oecd.ai/en/wonk/how-... seeing a *lot* of barely used blow-in accounts just happening to swoop on anyone raising this with literally recycled bitcoiner arguments

How much water does AI consume? The public deserves to know

Air pollution and carbon emissions are well-known environmental costs of AI. But water consumption is also an issue.

The argument of waste is fine but I think that one is going to hit a few "technically..." counter points on the way tho. Evaporated water is circulated naturally. The long term issue is of course the heat that is put into that circulation, but that's harder to explain so ..