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They're both taking a moral stance regarding their consumption despite large swathes of society considering these choices to be morally neutral or even good. I've been vegan for almost a decade and dislike AI, and while I don't think being anti-AI is quite as ostracizing as being vegan, the comparison definitely seems reasonable to me. The behaviour of rabid meat eaters and fervent AI supporters are also quite similar.
But there are other arguments against ai besides consumption of resources. The front facing LLMs are just the pitch. The police state is becoming more oppressive using AI tracking and identification. The military using AI to remote control drones and weapon systems is downright distopian. It feels like they're trying to flatten the arguments against AI into only an environmental issue, making it easier to dismiss especially among the population that doesn't give a shit about the environment.
The way the term is being used here though is to refer to vegans as preachy and annoying; it's not a pro-vegan term. It's just not a nice term to use as it ostracizes and belittles people fighting for rights.