• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    AI is not an excuse to burn fossil fuels

    AI is not a valid reasons to burn more fossil fuels

    It is definitely being used as an excuse to do so.

    And if it wasnt, something else would be.

    I’m sorry if I’m still not explaining that in a clear way, but I don’t think we’re going to resolve this at this point if it still isn’t.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOP
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      5 months ago

      Microsoft and other big tech already power their data centers with their own renewables, and they will continue to do so. In the latest quarterly report from MS they admit they didn’t anticipate AI boom to be this big and so they have to buy more power externally. This is not good for them and they wouldn’t do this on purpose. They will catch up because it’s profitable thing to do.