
eco apocalypse energyclickbait catastrophismindustrial doom aestheticAI panic era
Smokestack goes brrr, AI bad, very incomprehensible wow
A Futurism article slathered in surreal industrial dread-porn, complete with nightmarish color grading and an ominous headline about AI data centers destroying the planet in ways too severe for human comprehension. This is peak mid-2020s environmental panic clickbait—the kind of alarmist framing that turns a legitimate concern into a gotcha headline optimized for engagement. Someone somewhere thought green-tinted clouds and orange smoke would really drive home the point that technology bad, and honestly, the audacity is almost respectable.