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← The environmental and social costs of current AI systems are not distributed evenly.

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Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under degrowth degrowth Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The environmental and social costs of current AI systems are not distributed evenly. The environmental and social costs ofcurrent AI systems are not distributedevenly. Last stated 9 months ago 23 Jan 2026 KH Katharine Hayhoe — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's long-run cost/benefit balance favors poorer people more than richer ones. — tap to centre the map on it AI's long-run cost/benefit balancefavors poorer people more thanricher ones. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 SS Scott Sumner — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concerns about the energy cost of an individual LLM prompt are no longer credible, though the environmental impact of the AI datacenter buildout remains a real worry. — tap to centre the map on it Concerns about the energy cost of anindividual LLM prompt are no longercredible, though the environmentalimpact of the AI datacenter buildoutremains a real worry. Last stated 2 years ago 6 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-06 — tap for who they are SW Simon Willison — holds since 2024-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rising level of public concern about AI extinction risk is overblown relative to how progress will actually unfold. — tap to centre the map on it The rising level of public concernabout AI extinction risk isoverblown relative to how progresswill actually unfold. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generative AI's climate harm comes mainly from wasteful system design and forced-on features, not from the computational cost of individual queries. — tap to centre the map on it Generative AI's climate harm comesmainly from wasteful system designand forced-on features, not from thecomputational cost of individualqueries. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KJ Ketan Joshi — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet. — tap to centre the map on it Society has catching up to do: AI isincredibly powerful and not alwaysright, and people who argue 'but myagent said so' have not learned thatyet. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Falling AI costs make AI safer rather than more dangerous, because a cheap AI ends up surrounded by millions of other AIs monitoring it. — tap to centre the map on it Falling AI costs make AI saferrather than more dangerous, becausea cheap AI ends up surrounded bymillions of other AIs monitoring it. Last stated 10 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Roughly half of the possible outcomes of advanced AI development would be good or great for society. — tap to centre the map on it Roughly half of the possibleoutcomes of advanced AI developmentwould be good or great for society. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. — tap to centre the map on it The current capabilities of existingAI models are barely being used andare often not even well understood. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the mostland-hungry and climate-damagingfarm products there are. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Eating less meat is one of the easiest ways to reduce humanity's damage to the Earth. — tap to centre the map on it Eating less meat is one of theeasiest ways to reduce humanity'sdamage to the Earth. Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeding humanity without wrecking the climate will take engineered food, and squeamishness about technology in food is the thing to get over. — tap to centre the map on it Feeding humanity without wreckingthe climate will take engineeredfood, and squeamishness abouttechnology in food is the thing toget over. Last stated 4 years ago 17 Jan 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: No country has ended deprivation without growth, or ended ecological degradation with it — tap to centre the map on it No country has ended deprivationwithout growth, or ended ecologicaldegradation with it KR Kate Raworth — holds since c. 2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Degrowth needs a new name. — tap to centre the map on it Degrowth needs a new name. Last stated 11 years ago 1 Dec 2015 KR Kate Raworth — holds since 2015-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Degrowth shared out equally would cut the incomes of everyone above the world average by about two-thirds. — tap to centre the map on it Degrowth shared out equally wouldcut the incomes of everyone abovethe world average by abouttwo-thirds. Last stated 9 years ago 18 Nov 2017 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The environmental and social costs of current AI systems are not distributed evenly. Last stated 23 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago Holds Katharine Hayhoe Read this korrent →