The chapter discusses how companies like Microsoft are struggling to meet their carbon neutrality goals as the demand for AI and generative AI increases, requiring more energy and resources. It highlights the need for more data centers, power purchase agreements, and renewable energy sources to sustain AI growth while addressing climate concerns. The chapter also addresses the environmental impact of generative AI tools and the energy consumption differences between traditional AI models and generative AI models.
Paris Marx is joined by Sasha Luccioni to discuss the catastrophic environmental costs of the generative AI being increasing shoved into every tech product we touch.
Sasha Luccioni is an artificial intelligence researcher and Climate Lead at Hugging Face.
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