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The infrastructure-harm question.
How should we talk honestly about the ecological and social costs of AI and digital infrastructure?
Data centres and digital infrastructure have energy, water, thermal, community, and wildlife impacts. The precise provenance of any individual query is often unknowable. Neither fact excuses false cleanliness or false certainty.
Disclose what is known. Name what is not. Choose carefully. Reduce redundant use. Weigh residue honestly.
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