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Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)

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[–] [email protected] 179 points 3 months ago (23 children)

Don't worry folks, if we all stop using plastic straws and take 30 second showers, we'll be able to offset 5% of the carbon emissions this AI has!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (16 children)

Google ghg emissions in 2023 are 14.3 million metric tons. Which are a ridiculous percentage of global emissions.

Commercial aviation emissions are 935.000 million metric tons by year.

So IDK about plastic straws or google. But really if people stopped flying around so much that would actually make a dent on global emissions.

Don't get me wrong, google is a piece of shit. But they are not the ones causing climate change, neither is AI technology. Planes, cars, meat industry, offshore production... Those are some of the truly big culprits.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (4 children)

But they are not the ones causing climate change

The owners of google are capitalists. They are as responsible for climate change as any other capitalist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Capitalists serve customers and do not operate in a vacuum. This finger pointing does nothing productive.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Capitalists have captured regulation and to a large extent democracy in the US. So finger pointing towards them is entirely useful. Especially given they spend good money to point the finger at us.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Capitalists ~~serve customers~~ hoard wealth through reckless profiteering irregardless of the costs to the rest of human society and do not operate in a vacuum.

FTFY. I do agree with your last part, though. The political racketeer establishments that enable them and the fascist security institutions that protect them are equally as culpable as they are.