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On Thursday, November 22nd, 2024, the Institute for Public Knowledge hosted a discussion with Benedetta Brevini, Nicole Starosielski, Sanjana Paul, and Tamara Kneese. They discussed the environmental harm that is posed by AI.
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Generative AI: Challenges & Opportunities.
In her TEDx talk, Tamma shares how her journey from South Africa to the UK shaped her deep understanding of sustainability and the climate crisis, emphasizing the urgent need to reduce consumption to protect Earth's interconnected ecosystems.
The National Academies hosted a two-day workshop bringing together experts from industry, utilities, and government to examine AI data centers' electricity usage, exploring its energy demands, mitigation strategies, regional siting considerations, and renewable resource availability.
The second edition of the Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap (November 2024) examines AI's role in addressing the climate crisis, identifying key sectors where AI can have the greatest impact, and weighing the potential emissions reductions against the increased power demand from AI systems, with a discussion led by the report's authors.
Dr. Ana Valdivia’s 18-month investigation, funded by a British Academy grant, explores the supply chains of AI in Latin America, introducing the concept of supply chain capitalism of AI to analyze the minerals, commodities, and facilities essential to AI development, while examining the political and environmental controversies surrounding data centers through a transdisciplinary approach.