Sure, all the images look like those bad renderings that real estate firms put out thinking they’ll make their projects seem less soulless and evil. But using AI to remove cars and add greenery and happy looking pedestrians and cyclists is the only worthwhile application of AI image generators that I’ve seen so far.
Tailpipe emissions aren’t the only pollutant to arise from driving. As Forbes explains, a chemical additive found in most rubber tires is creating a dangerous type of microplastic pollution that’s laying waste to the endangered coho salmon of the Pacific Northwest.
“This is the DDT of our generation,” David Troutt, head of natural resources for the Nisqually Tribe in Washington, told Forbes. “This thing is killing salmon every time it rains in the Puget Sound region. We can’t take it anymore.”
