Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change NVIDIA Rising: Will The AI Boom Bust The Planet? | Ep215: Josh Parker
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Jul 2, 2025 
Josh Parker, Head of Sustainability at NVIDIA, discusses the intersection of artificial intelligence and climate change. He delves into AI's potential to enhance sustainability while raising concerns about energy consumption. Parker highlights NVIDIA's role in the AI boom and the importance of energy-efficient practices in tech development. He also emphasizes the need for collaboration between tech companies and regulators to ensure AI benefits society. Additionally, he shares insights on the innovative Earth 2 project aimed at improving climate modeling through AI.
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AI Powers Sustainability Innovation
- AI will be the best tool ever for sustainability by driving innovation for solutions to environmental challenges.
- Recent hardware generations are vastly more energy efficient, reducing AI's carbon footprint significantly.
Parker's Path to NVIDIA Sustainability
- Josh Parker came from a tech and ethics background to lead NVIDIA's sustainability efforts.
- The job allows him to marry his interest in sustainability with high technology innovations.
NVIDIA's Shift from Graphics to AI
- NVIDIA evolved from GPU graphics to AI and high-performance computing.
- Their GPUs excel at matrix math, crucial for AI and scientific simulations.