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Weighing AGI's Promise and Peril for Climate Change
Original: Good News and Bad News About AGI and Climate Change
A new analysis examines both the hopeful and worrying ways advanced artificial intelligence could affect the climate crisis. On the positive side, AI breakthroughs could accelerate clean energy research, grid optimisation and emissions modelling. On the negative side, the enormous energy demands of training and running ever-larger models risk adding significantly to carbon footprints, leaving policymakers with a difficult trade-off to manage.
Why now: Growing concern over the surging energy use of AI systems is prompting debate about whether AGI will help or worsen climate goals.
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- Good News and Bad News About AGI and Climate Change · Tech Policy Press
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