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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>March</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ a plausible speculation - clips from The Guardian ]</i><br>
<b>AI likely to increase energy use and accelerate climate
misinformation – report</b><br>
Claims that artificial intelligence will help solve the climate
crisis are misguided, warns a coalition of environmental groups<br>
Oliver Milman<br>
@olliemilman<br>
Thu 7 Mar 2024 <br>
Claims that artificial intelligence will help solve the climate
crisis are misguided, with the technology instead likely cause
rising energy use and turbocharge the spread of climate
disinformation, a coalition of environmental groups has warned.<br>
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Advances in AI have been touted by big tech companies and the United
Nations as a way to help ameliorate global heating, via tools that
help track deforestation, identify pollution leaks and track extreme
weather events. AI is already being used to predict droughts in
Africa and to measure changes to melting icebergs...<br>
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However, a new report by green groups has cast doubt over whether
the AI revolution will have a positive impact upon the climate
crisis, warning that the technology will spur growing energy use
from data centers and the proliferation of falsehoods about climate
science.<br>
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“We seem to be hearing all the time that AI can save the planet, but
we shouldn’t be believing this hype,” said Michael Khoo, climate
disinformation program director at Friends of the Earth, which is
part of the Climate Action against Disinformation coalition that put
out the report.<br>
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“It’s not like AI is ridding us of the internal combustion engine.
People will be outraged to see how much more energy is being
consumed by AI in the coming years, as well as how it will flood the
zone with disinformation about climate change.”<br>
The burgeoning electricity demands of AI means that a doubling of
data centers to help keep pace with the industry will cause an 80%
increase in planet-heating emissions, even if there are measures to
improve the energy efficiency of these centers, the new report
states.<br>
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In the US, there is already evidence that the life of coal-fired
power plants is being prolonged to meet the rising energy demands of
AI. In just three years from now, AI servers could be consuming as
much energy as Sweden does, separate research has found.<br>
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Much of this increased energy demand comes from the added complexity
of AI operations – generating AI queries could require as much as 10
times the computing power as a regular online search. Training
ChatGPT, the OpenAI system, can use as much energy as 120 US
households over the course of a year, the report claims.<br>
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“There is no basis to believe AI’s presence will reduce energy use,
all the evidence indicates it will massively increase energy use due
to all the new data centers,” said Khoo. “We know there will be
small gains in efficiency in data centers, but the simple math is
that carbon emissions will go up.”<br>
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AI will further hinder efforts to constrain the climate emergency by
providing an easier way for people or organizations to disseminate
false or misleading statements about climate science and the impacts
of rising global temperatures, the coalition’s report adds.<br>
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This will worsen a situation whereby major social media platforms,
such as Twitter/X, have already become a hotbed of climate science
denial, the AI critics say...<br>
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“We can see AI fracturing the information ecosystem just as we need
it to pull it back together,” Khoo said. “AI is perfect for flooding
the zone for quick, cheaply produced crap. You can easily see how it
will be a tool for climate disinformation. We will see people
micro-targeted with climate disinformation content in a sort of
relentless way.”<br>
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There should be better transparency about AI energy use, the report
states, as well as safeguards that monitor the output of climate
falsehoods.<br>
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Jesse Dodge, senior research scientist at the at the Allen Institute
for AI, said that he shared concerns that AI will be used to
“accelerate” climate misinformation, through methods such as
deepfake videos and pictures, as well adding to carbon emissions
through increased energy use.<br>
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“Overall, this is a concern,” he said. “The application of the AI
itself, though, can be potentially more impactful than its
electricity or water consumption. AI is an accelerant, it lets you
do something faster, so it could help you extract oil more quickly,
but on the other hand we have six teams using AI to mitigate the
harm of climate change.<br>
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“One does climate modeling, another tracks illegal fishing and
endangered species, there’s the monitoring and predicting of
wildfires. We believe there’s an overall net benefit there, that
there’s a worthwhile trade-off.”<br>
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Dodge said that he was “cautiously optimistic” that AI will have a
largely favorable impact upon the climate crisis, but that companies
needed to be fully transparent and open about their energy use.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/07/ai-climate-change-energy-disinformation-report">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/07/ai-climate-change-energy-disinformation-report</a><br>
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<i>[ A Climate Forecast Isle of Wight - audio only ]</i><br>
<b>Mar 9, 2024 ClimateCast with Tom Heap</b><br>
Climate change has led to storms becoming more extreme and rising
sea levels, threatening the future of coastal communities around the
UK. <br>
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The British Geological Survey suggests up to 1.35 million homes
could be at risk by the end of the century without further sea
defences. <br>
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On this week's ClimateCast with Tom Heap, the team are on the Isle
of Wight and in north Norfolk hearing from people who are losing
their homes to the sea and from others fighting to protect their
properties. <br>
<br>
Tom also speaks to those who make the decisions on what should and
shouldn't be saved from the sea. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_gg4Mh9-A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_gg4Mh9-A</a><br>
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<i>[armchair visit to the Isle of Wight ]</i><br>
<b>Isle of Wight</b><br>
Largest island in England with dramatic nature & public
transport to the mainland by hovercraft.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Isle+of+Wight/@50.67111">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Isle+of+Wight/@50.67111</a><br>
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<i>[ super doomeristic music-video expressionism - then a
discussion - tap in to alternate reality ]</i><br>
<b>Are we attending "The End Of The World Party"?</b><br>
Environmental Coffeehouse<br>
Streamed live 3.9.24<br>
Welcome Scott Brown, from The End of the World Party. Scott is a
musician, a doomer and a writer. Scott and I have been following
each other on TwitX (yeah, I know) for quite awhile and have been
trying to get this show together for over a year. This will be a
live discussion, so we will be inclusive of the chat for sure. No
topic will be untouched, the climate crisis, music, writing, Gaza,
US politics, Project 2025, and more. <br>
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The End Of The World Party- <br>
/ @theendoftheworldparty1850 <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSCVBclil7I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSCVBclil7I</a><br>
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<i>[ Asteroids can eliminate peaceful civilization - more certainly
than human caused global warming. ]</i><br>
<b>The End of Life on Earth</b><br>
Gresham College<br>
Apr 12, 2023 DAVID GAME COLLEGE<br>
Astronomically speaking, there are a number of ways in which life on
Earth could be wiped out. For example, a giant asteroid could hit
Earth with such energy that the oceans are boiled off.<br>
<br>
This lecture will assess which astronomical events are likely and
which are not. [It will not consider anthropogenic means by which
life on Earth might end].<br>
<br>
A lecture by Katherine Blundell OBE recorded on 29 March 2023 at
David Game College, London.<br>
<br>
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are
available from the Gresham College website:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/e">https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/e</a>...<br>
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