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
    12·
    9 days 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·
      8 days ago

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

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 days 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·
      8 days 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.