AI writing, illustration emits hundreds of times less carbon than humans, study finds

[DavidDvorkin]

A group of scholars calculated the amount of energy used by AI tools for the tasks of writing and illustrating and compared it to the average amount of energy humans use for the same processes. Their results showed artificial intelligence results in hundreds of times less carbon emissions than humans.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240402140354.htm

Stop writing! We owe it to the environment. (This only applies to everyone else, not to me.)

[MiHale]

1. I was going to reply but.....

[Attilatheblond]

2. Isn't this how AI, in all those dystopian Sci-Fi movies, evolves justification for off-ing the human population?

'We, the AI, are better for the planet.' Since AI was created by non-AI, it's probably gonna come with a lot of basic flaws in foundational premises.

Maybe I just need more (or less) coffee.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. If AI had the power to do anything required to protect the planet, we'd definitely be in trouble.