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"Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact ...
"It is misleading to present a single chatbot query as if it’s the final answer on the industry’s energy, climate and water impact.
"Doing so leaves out the different types of queries: ultra-long ‘reasoning’ text, images and videos, either consciously requested, enforced or induced using sleazy interface design tricks. The companies that run so much of the world’s digital infrastructure are mandating overconsumption like a water supply authority installing thousands of open taps to juice their water delivery numbers."
– Ketan Joshi
#AI #LLMs #FossilFuel #misinformation #ClimateChange

With but one exception, every ex-federal #Australian #Resources #Minister who served since 2001 subsequently landed a job in the #FossilFuel

Anti-corruption advocate calls for greater scrutiny over political lobbyists
Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.