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Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] TaterTurnipTulip@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Helping generate less carbon at some point in the future does not help with the fact that we are racking up the carbon bill now. What these companies are doing is entirely unnecessary, gimmicky, and will lead to even worse climate change outcomes. Between AI, crypto, and the O&G companies we just keep pressing the gas even harder on serious, irreversible climate change.

I hope this AI push fails spectacularly at some point, but the damage is already being done.

[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

The only short term solution is the sort of legislation DeSantis is fighting against. AI is useful, but should only continue while paying the full cost of its energy consumption.