But but but...AGI is gonna bring utopia & AI will stop climate change!
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But but but...AGI is gonna bring utopia & AI will stop climate change!
"By looking at where power is being generated & the size of nearby populations, the researchers estimated the number of adverse health events that would likely be caused by AI-related air pollution."
AI pollution could cost billions
For all its promised benefits, the AI boom is likely to prove costly to public health and even lead to hundreds of deaths a year in the U.S. alone, according to a recently published California study.
San Francisco Examiner (www.sfexaminer.com)
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But but but...AGI is gonna bring utopia & AI will stop climate change!
"By looking at where power is being generated & the size of nearby populations, the researchers estimated the number of adverse health events that would likely be caused by AI-related air pollution."
AI pollution could cost billions
For all its promised benefits, the AI boom is likely to prove costly to public health and even lead to hundreds of deaths a year in the U.S. alone, according to a recently published California study.
San Francisco Examiner (www.sfexaminer.com)
""Already in 2023, air pollution related to powering U.S. data centers led to 360 premature deaths and total health costs of $5.6 billion across the nation, the researchers estimated. But those figures factored in just the average power-plant pollutant emissions.""
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