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Former Google CEO on AI data centers' environmental impact: "We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway"(www.techspot.com)

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Orbituary@lemmy.world
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It’s a bit daft to ignore how fundamentally disproportionate AI’s current contribution is relative to its energy cost and global impact.

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Wrench@lemmy.world
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Especially the irony that they’re ruining the environment in an attempt to replace human jobs with AI.

It’s a double “fuck you” to the working/middle class.

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NoiseColor@startrek.website
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You could say that for so many things in our comfy western world.

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MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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That makes precisely ZERO of it OK.

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NoiseColor@startrek.website
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Maybe, but then it also makes it hypocritical as fuck.

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