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Don't Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff Between Performance and Sustainability of Text Classification Using Open LLMs

Hamilton-Palicki et al. · 2026-09-02

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The study compares performance, energy use, processing time, and carbon emissions across dictionaries, trained classifiers, and self-hosted open LLMs for three text-analysis tasks.

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Hamilton-Palicki et al.. 2026-09-02. Don't Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff Between Performance and Sustainability of Text Classification Using Open LLMs. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08944393261473230 (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record atlas-744312b6b2a2; collection snapshot 2026-10-04).

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2026-09-02
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Shared topics: Cross-cutting sustainability; Energy and electricity; Climate and greenhouse gases

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Shared topics: Cross-cutting sustainability; Research tools and geospatial methods; Energy and electricity

Shared topics: Research tools and geospatial methods; Energy and electricity; Climate and greenhouse gases

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CLEER Dashboard

Sustainable AI Group's public dashboard compares modeled AI inference energy and CO₂-eq by model, provider and session, including data center overhead assumptions. Water estimates and API are marked coming soon.

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Energy-Aware Earth System Science: A Community Roadmap

This preprint examines computing demands and model skill in Earth system science and proposes joint reporting of predictive performance and energy use, including for machine learning weather models.

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