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Charting the true cost of AI

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Introduction

This chapter discusses the high energy consumption of AI, the environmental cost of using AI-powered chatbots, and DeepMind's solution to determining whether an image was generated by a human or a computer. It also highlights a smart device in Rwanda and the importance of archiving old newspapers in Nigeria. The chapter concludes with an interview on the power, politics, and planetary costs of AI.

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