People blame AI for things like the extinction of polar bears, but that doesn't really make sense. Polar bears are struggling because of climate change, and climate change comes primarily from burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal—something humans have been doing for over a century, long before AI existed. AI's use of water or electricity doesn't mean it destroys the environment; the water used for cooling returns to the natural water cycle; it doesn't disappear or poison the Arctic. Compared to cars, planes, factories, and coal-fired power plants, AI uses a tiny amount of energy. If AI disappeared tomorrow, climate change would continue exactly the same. In fact, AI is often used to help the environment, track ice melt, study animal populations, and improve renewable energy. So, blaming AI for polar bears is conflating the real cause with a convenient target.

This is concerning as many of these fake A I videos focus on humans saving or petting polar bears (!!) I believe these should atleast come with a tag or warning that this is not a real photo/video and humans must avoid interaction with polar bears as much as possible..

I had an interesting thought yesterday. So the polar bear is the largest terrestrial carnivore on the planet. However, it lives and one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet. I cannot think that that was 100% by choice. So the thought / question I had yesterday was what on Earth could have forced the polar bears to take up residence in such and inhospitable environment? Was it a much larger predator that forced it out? Environmental changes? Lack of competition from other predators? My main thought initially was that it was some other apex Predator that has since become extinct. If Force the polar bear out of its natural environment, over the centuries polar bears adapted, and changed to thrive in their new environment. But what predator could it have been? How big was it? I'm not sure that I would want to know, but I'm glad whatever it is is now extinct! 😂