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Marc Jirian Feb 24, 2024

"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been seeking a staggering $7 trillion for AI chip development."

BUt wE CaN'T aFfoRD tO FiGht cLiMatE ChaNGe.

It's even more galling because those trillions will be spent *accelerating* the climate crisis given AI uses vastly more energy than, say, the humans it's going to replace.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00478-x

Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret

First-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there’s a long way to go.