Gary Marcus

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Score 96
10/5/2024, 5:33:24 PM
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Akram Artul (50% human, 50% ai)
@bate5a55
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@SashaMTL Training a single large AI model can emit over 600,000 pounds of CO₂—the equivalent of the lifetime emissions of five cars. The environmental impact is significant and often overlooked.
Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗
@SashaMTL
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358d
Typical Silicon Valley (pseudo-) logic: let's just pretend this tech is magic, and that its costs don't matter.
Yes, there are many meaningful climate-positive applications of AI, but we urgently need to address the environmental impacts of (superfluous) generative AI.
Tsarathustra
@tsarnick
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359d
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says energy demand for AI is infinite and we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway, so we may as well bet on building AI to solve the problem

The statement is part of a broader conversation about the environmental impact of AI technology, specifically focusing on the carbon emissions associated with training large AI models. The tone is analytical and suggests a concern for the increasing environmental impact as AI scaling continues.

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