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Environment Variables

AI Legislation

Mar 2, 2024
Experts discuss AI legislation, green software, and sustainability. Topics include using cost as a proxy for carbon emissions, the Tech Carbon Standard, and optimizing energy consumption in data centers. They also explore green software emissions and announce a carbon hackathon to tackle software emissions.
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Quick takeaways

  • The importance of developing sustainable energy management strategies for the rapid growth in AI and technology sectors.
  • The need for transparent and customizable tools like the impact framework to measure software emissions across various sectors such as web, AI, and water.

Deep dives

Focus on Impact Framework in Carbon Hack

Carbon hack is a upcoming event that will feature the impact framework, a tool designed to measure and transparently outline software emissions. The impact framework allows users to build bespoke calculators using a manifest file that stores all relevant data and assumptions, enabling users to adjust and reevaluate calculations as needed. The hackathon aims to encourage participants to develop plugins for the impact framework to compute emissions in various areas such as web, AI, and water. Training sessions on the impact framework will also be available to learn its functionalities.

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