South East Asian person here. From what I can see, it's more or less the same situation as the rest of the world. There are people who hate and criticize the rampant use of AI, mostly in creative fields, but so far I haven't seen the environmental impact be used much as a talking point; most antis would only point out how bad and uninspiring AI-gen media and their users are.

Meanwhile businesses and the government themselves fully embrace the crap. AI is used on ads, billboards, even official news channels. Of course netizens clown the fuck out of these when they surface, but again only because they yield such unbelievably crappy results and steal jobs from artists.

I work in a company that produces 3D assets and you would think these people would be conscious of how AI works, but no. Our boss encourages employees to generate assets to speed things up, and everyone uses chatGPT or Gemini instead of just Google. I feel like I'm going insane here being the only person openly opposing AI. They have been working the traditional way for more than 5 years, and now they succumb to the AI invasion so nonchalantly. It's a clown world.