@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz2025-08-23 06:01:40
Content warning: energy consumption of so-called AI
"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
