[sharifhsn]

I hope you feel the same way every time you eat beef.

[juleiie]

Maybe I do, or maybe I am very selfish and I think that my palate is more important than cows? Or maybe cows wouldn't even exist at all without the cheeseburgers?

[asddubs]

I think their point was that beef farming has an enormously negative environmental impact, and we in the west in fact do overconsume meat. Though I think their point was to use AI with impunity, when I think we should cut back on our meat consumption a lot.

[sumeno]

Literal whataboutism

[dgfl]

Exactly the same as pointing out that LLMs use energy. That whole conversation probably used as much energy as making a piece of toast.

[zahlman]

No, there is nothing fallacious about accurately pointing out that someone is being inconsistent or irrational by caring about minor issues while ignoring larger issues of the same kind.