What Emily Atkin thinks about energy
Climate journalist; founded HEATED in 2019 after reporting on climate at The New Republic and ThinkProgress.
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Their wordsdata centers are nowhere near the biggest climate problem with artificial intelligence.
↗We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.heated.world 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsthey found that Big Oil's use of AI to produce more oil and gas could create 3.3 to 13.3 times more climate pollution than powering AI's data centers.
↗AI’s climate problem is worse than we thoughtheated.world 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAI had to help renewable energy four to five times more than fossil fuels just for emissions to break even.
↗AI’s climate problem is worse than we thoughtheated.world 2nd of 3 in this piece