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AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid

The paper is here

This is above and beyond the direct use of fossil fuels by big tech.

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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)

sometimes you have to do the study to prove what was already obvious to everyone so you can proceed with a bigger and more ambitious endeavor

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    And sometimes you have to do the study to prove what was already obvious to everyone so we can ignore it and continue going down the same obviously bad path because it makes more money for the people who actually get to make the decisions.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Potential benefits not outweighing actual harm... That decision should be so easy...

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    [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I understood it backwards and I was ready for an entertaining read.

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    [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    We saw the same shit with "crypto mining". This is just several orders of magnitude bigger.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    The difference is no-one said crypto mining would solve climate change.

    Some tech bros are saying AI will solve climate change. As this article shows, they're wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The difference is no-one said crypto mining would solve climate change.

    Eh, don't be so sure. I remember talk of using crypto in the carbon credit schemes. It's probably difficult to find with so much scamming, but try searching something like: crypto coin project carbon reduction GHG

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