"If you think about how quickly AI has ... taken over society, the advent of email took about 20 years to ... become what it is. Smartphones about 10 years. AI has ... ballooned in 2 years time."

#DanielBohan, Director, Layer3 Solutions, 2025

https://95bfm.com/bcast/environmental-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-w-university-of-waikato-dr-amanda-turnbull-and

This comes across like timewave zero woo to me.

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"Using some mapping we found that the rooftops of 14 of Auckland's largest buildings would have the same land area as the largest solar farm under construction [in Aotearoa]. So we could potentially be distributing those solar panels in our city ..."

#PriscilaBesen, AUT, 2024

https://95bfm.com/bcast/the-green-desk-energy-and-architecture-24th-september-2024

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The Green Desk: Energy and Architecture: 24th September, 2024

This week on the Green Desk we spoke with lecturer of sustainable architecture, Priscila Besen from Auckland University of Technology. New Zealand is facing an energy crisis, and quick solutions are needed. Large manufacturing businesses are shutting doors around the country, with an Auckland Mill in Penrose announcing its permanent closure last week, which adds up to hundreds of job losses because of the price of power. Here’s reporter Jack Marshall:

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