DoomsdaysCW<p>And I'm one of them!</p><p>The people refusing to use AI</p><p>Suzanne Bearne, May 5, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "For Florence Achery, owner of Yoga Retreats & More, the environmental impact is one reason why she vows to stay away from AI.</p><p>" 'My initial reaction was that AI is soulless and is a contradiction with my business, which is all about human connection,' says Achery, based in London.</p><p>" 'However, I found out that the environmental impact was awful with all the energy consumption required to run the data centres. I don't think that people are aware of that.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15q5qzdjqxo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15q5q</span><span class="invisible">zdjqxo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SayNoToAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SayNoToAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPollution</span></a></p>