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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

Planet is on fire!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here's one:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.02243v1

Below is an article on crypto mining, not AI, but I'd wager a guess and say you certainly can draw parallels from it:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003871

Also, whatever the source of green/renewable energy is, it takes a couple years to offset the manufacturing of said energy source:

https://www.cooleffect.org/solar-carbon-footprint

So even if there's no direct source on that 10 year claim, it probably isn't too farfetched!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The article you linked doesn't support your claims, is unpublished and reads like the homework of some undergrads.

Training AI models, while computationally expensive, cannot compare to crypto farms the size of warehouses everywhere around the world.