The story is always the same: major tech companies tell us they care about the environment to silence criticism, then never actually follow through.
Google’s emissions are up ~50% in 5 years, following similar news Microsoft is also blowing past its climate commitments.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions
The fossil fuel industry fully supports profligate wasteful energy usage by AI.
It's why OPEC invests in AI.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-01/saudi-arabia-uae-race-for-semiconductor-chips-ai-dominance-mideast-money
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/middle-east-ai-tech-companies-saudi-arabia-uae/
https://www.ft.com/content/c93d2a76-16f3-4585-af61-86667c5090ba
What gets me is all the energy wasted... and for what? The reality doesn't match the hype.
The development of AI is being fostered to automate malign influence campaigns & spread disinformation; especially climate denial & election interference.
The folks funding a fascist movement aren't looking for Return on Investment (ROI).
They are looking at thwarting climate action by destabilizing democracy.
Middle Eastern petrostate despots are aligned with China and Russia with #KochNetwork to keep frying a planet & evade taxation.
last boost: I see a lot of finger-wagging from bros saying "the power consumption angle for objecting to AI is not valid, shit's getting efficient so fast"
bro
bro have you not seen the graphs of productivity vs leisure or income, exploitative demand always inflates to consume all supply, how is this lost on you
violently communicate with all ai bros.
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