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How Bad Is A.I. for the Climate? Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer. (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I just... this? This is what we're supposed to care about? Not the bunker fuel burning shipping industry? Not the US hitting all-time oil production records last year? No, it's "Big Tech" and their diesel burning servers! Turns out "Mac" meant Mac trucks this whole time?

Come the fuck on with this shit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Collectively we should be able to care about multiple things at once and also prioritze between them.

Even if data centers use mostly renewables, its not like those are actually so abundant that they would go unused. Its important to not just switch power generation but to actually also reduce power consumption, especially when its such low hanging fruits as AI.

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