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Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers (www.techradar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A report from Morgan Stanley suggests the datacenter industry is on track to emit 2.5 billion tons by 2030, which is three times higher than the predictions if generative AI had not come into play.

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[–] vulgarcynic 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

what can't ai do?!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

anything useful

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Create a wave of people out of jobs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well given the targets still exist, surely this has to result in greater investment in renewable energy sources?

Like no one sensible is gonna let them get away with "Welp, we can't do net-zero now because AI" when there's the simple solution of building more renewable energy sources.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It'd be great if AI is powered entirely by renewables, but how trustworthy is that target?

Companies and politicians are known to drag their feet switching to renewables or use greenwashing to show they care more about climate than they actually do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

"A report from Morgan Stanley"

This reads like they are shooting from the hip this just like McKinsey.

Morgan Stanley is an investment company. So this was written for a purpose, with a predetermined outcome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

so does everything else. should we ban airplanes and flying?