Global warming and AI: Urgent need to curb AI's environmental impact

Global warming and artificial intelligence are rarely discussed together or even considered connected themes. But this is a mistake because they are linked closely

Global warming and artificial intelligence (AI) are two of the hottest discussion topics among scientists, technologists, economists, and policymakers today. They are also discussed animatedly in the corner offices of big corporations and the drawing rooms of the cognoscenti.

 

Except for die-hard climate change deniers, almost everyone agrees that global warming is a serious threat — to life and the economy, globally and locally. Global warming and climate change also offer many business opportunities — as all disasters inevitably do. But most people agree that the business opportunities of climate change are nothing compared to the threat it poses to