The author neglected to link to the actual report. Page 34 and 35. The Scope 2 stats the article cited don’t account for clean power generated.
Their link for the claim “Google cited AI as the cause” doesn’t mention power at all.
The link for the Microsoft numbers takes me to a report saying the 30% number is for Scope 3 emissions, which have nothing to do data center power usage.
When it comes to looking up information, I no longer rely on Google. AI does exactly what I need it to, sometimes I have to rephrase my question, worst case.
I’m sorry you have such narrow boundaries of things you want to know about. or such lax requirements on correctness.
but I’m not sorry about how much shit you’ll eat somewhere down the line.
Narrow boundaries? I don’t use Google primarily due to the waste of time going through pages upon pages of information I’m looking for.
Just about my entire IT team uses AI for searching IT related issues and solutions to those issues. However, I personally apply it to other subject matters besides IT.
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an image of a placard with text “our expectations for you were low… but HOLY FUCK!”
Your all just not seeing the bright side. It’s also replacing well-paying jobs in the arts, the literary world, and in marketing.
Who wouldn’t want AI to take over all of those things?
I’m all for eliminating marketing jobs, but not if we still have marketing.
Man even you’re missing the bright side.
At least an insanely tiny group of people got absurdly wealthy! Who cares the world is going to complete shit, Nvidia stock!! Nvidia stock!! It’s all that matters!
Nah, eat the rich before they have a chance to starve on a stock-only diet after all the core sectors collapse.
I’m looking forward to the accounting industry’s invention of a whole new framework to explain away spiraling carbon footprints.
Hey now, give humans some credit. I’m sure we could’ve missed our climate goals without AI’s help.