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Well, at least we could establish that the environmental impact is moderate rather than extreme. And if the potential of >13 EJ/year is actually realized, it w
by user43928 2mo ago
Well, at least we could establish that the environmental impact is moderate rather than extreme.
And if the potential of >13 EJ/year is actually realized, it would seem like the net impact of the data centers is not just "moderately more CO2" but possibly "moderately less".
Please avoid low quality analogies on HN.
- croes 2mo agoPlease avoid acting as the judge for analogy quality. Anything but a reduction is bad and AI is a setback for that. Potential benefits are as long useless as they aren’t realized. BTW the energy consumption reduction is achieved by what kind of AI? LLMs?