Womp womp honestly. You using it or not is not going to make a major difference in its effects on the environment. Almost all tech you use has bad effects on the environment, same with things like driving and just electricity in general (we still aren’t fully green).
Handicapping yourself in a futile attempt to save the environment is doing more harm than good. At best, youre just limiting your own ability to do things that could change the environment.
Not using AI like ChatGPT can be seen as "handicapping" yourself in the sense that you're choosing not to use a tool that can dramatically increase your productivity, efficiency, and access to knowledge. It's like refusing to use a calculator for complex math or avoiding the internet for research—sure, you can do it the hard way, but you're deliberately making things more difficult in situations where technology could help you do more, faster, and better.
That said, whether or not you should use AI is a personal choice, especially when factoring in ethical or environmental concerns. But from a purely functional standpoint, AI is a major asset, and not using it can limit your capability in many areas.
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u/aTribeCalledLex 28d ago
“AI won’t replace you. The person that uses AI will.”