Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers
Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers
Research suggest data centers will emit 2.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas by 2030
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.
AI apologists: But AI helps my to write mundane scripts so it's useful and the enormous energy usage is justified!
make em use solar power? and wind and batteries?
so does everything else. should we ban airplanes and flying?
Before considering a ban, we should start by fairly taxing flights and burning of fossil fuel in general. That would include closing the loophole that makes plane ticket and plane fuel exempt of taxes. And of course a carbon tax.
That'd be probably enough to significantly reduce pollution from flights and data centers.
what can't ai do?!
anything useful
Create a wave of people out of jobs.
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.
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.
"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.