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David GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish · 2 years ago

Data centers risk missing US climate goals, especially with AI

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Data centers risk missing US climate goals, especially with AI

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David GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish · 2 years ago
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The real existential risk of AI is not turning people into paperclips — it’s climate change. Power wasted on AI number crunching isn’t just causing Google and Microsoft to miss their emission numbe…
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    I worked in data centers as a profession and I can unequivocally say that ‘climate goals’ were not part of our power planning.

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      Doubt it was even a thought in their heads.

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