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Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by qwerty_clicks on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:41AM (#42852176)
This article only discusses image generation, a small subset of AI use cases. As users, governments, corporations, and background processes grow to consume AI all day the water and power issues will grow the same. Whether AI or JavaScript, action is needed ahead of shareholder value.
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Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by bongodongobob on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:04AM (#42852399)
What water issues?
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Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by descendant on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:19AM (#42852553)
Maybe they mean the water cooling systems used in the data centers. As far as I remember, it was a closed system so I don't know if that's significant.
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Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by bongodongobob on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @06:36PM (#42872809)
Of course they're a closed system. Why wouldn't they be?
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