Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid

The paper is here

This is above and beyond the direct use of fossil fuels by big tech.

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    3 days ago

    sometimes you have to do the study to prove what was already obvious to everyone so you can proceed with a bigger and more ambitious endeavor

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      And sometimes you have to do the study to prove what was already obvious to everyone so we can ignore it and continue going down the same obviously bad path because it makes more money for the people who actually get to make the decisions.