Another reminder of the disastrous climate impact of (generative) #AI and a grim reminder, that we have not reached the worst of it yet.
“There’s going to be increased pressure, between the environmental and sustainability-conscious community and Big Tech,” says Francesca Dominici, director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative and another coauthor. “But my prediction is that there is not going to be regulation. Not in the next four years.”
So far, most of the relevant data centres are in the US. So while Trump and Big Tech are cozying up, this will likely accelerate rather than be contained.
So what about the EU? The second von der Leyen EU-Commission is living the hype. Here the new digital commissioner #Virkkunen proudly announced the first batch of so called "#AIFactories" with more to come:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_6302
Counter Action:
Centralize all European ponys. Let's build the first centralized EU Pony center in Dinslaken!
"Europa nicht den Leyen überlassen!"
Konstantin Macher
Sebastian Lasse