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A.I. Will Kill Us! [1]

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Date: 2026-04-20  

According to the United Nations, the world is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy.” The UN says we’re using far more fresh water than nature is replenishing. This is disastrous: “more than half of the world’s large lakes have declined since the early 1990s, while around 35 percent of natural wetlands have been lost since 1970… Nearly three-quarters of the world’s population live in countries classified as water-insecure or critically water-insecure.” (Download the report here) We’ve moved beyond older terms like water stress and water crisis and now find ourselves where “many rivers, lakes, aquifers, wetlands, and glaciers have been pushed beyond tipping points and cannot ‘bounce back’ to past baselines,”(Download the report here) meaning the language of temporary crisis is no longer accurate in many regions. This is catastrophic and must be addressed head-on. This is a human issue, but even if you find yourself on the xenophobic side, addressing this now still benefits your worldview. If you hate migrants and refugees, think about how much worse things will be when their water dries up.

And for the love of Christ, stop using AI. The water it consumes would be cause for alarm in the best of times, but where we are now, it’s unsustainable. “A mid-sized data center can use about 300,000 gallons of water per day, which is roughly equivalent to the daily water use of 1,000 homes.”

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