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Google reported a 13% increase in its emissions footprint in 2023
- notfried 2y agoLow price to pay for our AI-generated theme backgrounds in Chrome. /s
- bamboozled 2y agoOther estimates suggest that the large scale deployment of AI could help in significant reductions of emissions globally. A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group found that application of AI to corporate and industrial practices could result in a 5-10% reduction in global emissions by 2030, while generating a value worth $1.3 trillion to $2.6 trillion through additional revenues or cost savings. Prediction, the emissions will only be additive. More things to consume basically. I hope I am wrong.
- jeltz 2y agoHahaha, of course Boston Consulting Group would write that. They want to make the people who pay their salaries happy.
- Log_out_ 2y agoCooprorate bards. If they at least made music instead of playing the pink flute.
- boyka 2y agoI highly recommend the book „the big con“.
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago"My client is doing a good job".
- KeplerBoy 2y agoCan anyone provide a compelling case where and how the use of AI could reduce emission?
- NekkoDroid 2y agoI assume they will ask the AI on how to reduce emissions.
- tnh 2y agoGoogle has been using ML for years to optimize cooling in data centers. (I agree with gp though)
- ponector 2y agoAi can eliminate some office jobs. No jobs -> no office -> no commute -> less emissions.
- bqmjjx0kac 2y agoIf you simply kill all humans, the carbon footprint becomes zero.
- earthnail 2y agoTurns out various Bond villains were right all along.
- cen4 2y agoWell GFC 2007-08 caused emissions to drop more than anything any corporation or govt did since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997. So AI or whatever other bubble, the bubble engineers on Wall St have in the pipeline might just do it.
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- PreInternet01 2y agoTo put this in perspective: for CO2 emissions (which is what we're talking about here, I guess?), you have the Big Four, in descending order of pollution: transportation, electricity, industry and other (mostly commercial/residential), for a total of about 65 Billion Metric Tons of CO2 per year. In transportation, the biggest polluter (by direct emissions) by far is shipping. This is about 8/65 (12%), compared to 1/65 (1.5%) for the much-maligned aviation sector, or the 4/65 (6%) for cars, that, for some reason, nobody likes to talk about. Then, when it comes to electricity, data centers are really quite marginal: 0.4/65 (about 0.6%). And, like aviation, the sector is taking measures to Be Better: higher airco setpoints, mandatory purchase of "green" electricity, etc. etc. Unlike the shipping sector, which pretty much continues to burn raw dinosaurs just because they're based in a jurisdiction that allows, nay, encourages that. So, if you want to get mad about emissions, start with things that actually matter, would be my take? I happen to be of the opinion that AI is bunk, and any energy invested in it is wasted, but that goes doubly or triply for the shipment of novelty hats...
- woooooo 2y agoShipping has no authority, right? I recall reading they switch to heavier, dirtier fuel in international waters because it's not illegal. How would we even begin regulating that? Treaties and some new deep sea enforcement agency?
- abenga 2y agoDidn't a shift away from dirty fuel actually cause a short term increase in global temperatures in 2023 due to a reduction in Sulphur-tainted fuels? So this is being worked on, but with counterintuitive unintended effects.
- e3bc54b2 2y agoI don't get this point of dirty shit not being illegal in international waters making it legal somehow. Murdering people is still illegal in international water, we don't see people being boarded for international killing as a service. Why is shit fuel OK?
- jejeyyy77 2y agowho cares lol
- methuselah_in 2y agowe have to already people living near the areas like sea and rivers are facing huge issues because of global warming.
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- ChrisArchitect 2y ago[dupe] Lots of discussion a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40859993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40859993
- bananapub 2y agodoes anyone know if this is a regression of Urs' promises, or is it just that < of emissions from dirty fuels is dropping, but total emissions is rising much faster?