General Article Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll

Topic Selected: Artificial Intelligence Book Volume: 434

AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to work, and the problem is only going to get worse – what can be done?

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Technology never exists in a vacuum, and the rise of cryptocurrency in the last two or three years shows that. While plenty of people were making extraordinary amounts of money from investing in bitcoin and its competitors, there was consternation about the impact those get-rich-quick speculators had on the environment.

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