Mmastodon EnvironmentClimate first seen 2 h ago, last just now, peak #7

Critics slam tech billionaires' climate claims about AI

Original: It’s galling that tech billionaires tell us that letting them destroy the climate to develop AI will allow AI to tell us

Commenters are pushing back on claims by tech billionaires that the climate damage caused by building and powering AI data centres will be offset by AI itself helping to solve climate change. Critics call the argument self-serving and are frustrated that news outlets repeat it without scepticism, questioning whether AI will really deliver climate fixes.

Why now: Frustration is growing over the environmental cost of AI expansion and the industry's justification for it.

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• It’s galling that tech billionaires tell us that letting them destroy the climate to develop AI will allow AI to tell us (somehow? maybe? probably?) how to fix climate change. And even more frustrating that news outlets report this blather without so much as a wrinkled eyebrow.… · drahardja@sfba.social · 142

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