The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
  • Blaster M@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Good to know. Doesn’t help that the current administration in the USA is actively hostile to renewable energy, which would offset this problem significantly if we hurried up and built out renewables at a much faster rate.

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      3·
      2 months ago

      This would also create employment, to which the current regime is also actively hostile.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    11·
    2 months ago

    tl;dr: It’s alarmingly large and rapidly growing.

    I wonder where all the money is coming from. It’s got to run out at some point.

    • kingofras@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      Nixon way back in the 70s decoupled the dollar from gold, it’s been coke snorting ever since.

      Helps that not a single teacher dares to explain where money actually comes from.

      Tldr; it’s never running out. This hype needs to survive till the next’s hype is ready.

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 months ago

    I appreciate that they make the key point that AI is definitely here to stay. It’s not about stopping it, it’s about dealing with the fallout of the switch. To do that we need solid data.

    • IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zipEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      Exactly, the environment changes and we must adapt to face the new changes.

      The problem is that misinformation from both Pro-AI and Anti-AI groups makes it harder to obtain solid data.