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Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I would point out that Google has been "carbon neutral" with it's data centers for quite some time, unlike others who still rape the environment ahem AWS.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Carbon offsets? Yes indeed. The easiest, most useless way to reach carbon neutral.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

carbon neutral is when you don't emit it in the first place, not by paying someone else to promise to make up for it later.