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Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini
(www.engadget.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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I went into hyperbole there, my bad. I agree wholeheartedly with your reply.
Admittedly, I have a bias here, since using water for food production feels more justified. Same with some industries. But I concede and agree that meat is not the most efficient way nor the most ethical source of food.
I think data centers rub me the wrong way because, for me, they are the straw that broke the camel's back. We see how lots of countries pull out of the fight against climate change (not that they were really fighting it, but at least they seemed to care a little) and now they waste more resources on things that are, from my point of view, not productive nor useful to most people. (Ethics aside, my view on Gen AI is that it is a tech that is not mature enough, and that the use of brute force to make it better is a waste of resources)
I will try to be more mindful about my comments.
Oh, no need to apologize, I fully agree with your overall view on AI data centers, and your observations of how politicians don't even nominally stand against climate change anymore. It's just become very blatant very rapidly, and it's easiest to see with data centers.
The way people prioritize different causes for climate change and environmental issues does frustrate me at times, so I appreciate the reply :)