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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)
@themodsisyphus.bsky.social
Settler. Scholar of performance, ritual, hate politics, yoga & digital Hindu/tva publics. Animal lover, anti-caste, anti-racist, anti-hate. No response to trolls. RP ⍯ Endorsement #BLM, #FREEPALESTINE
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The environmental crisis of AI is being reported and promptly ignored by tech industry and politicians alike. What could go wrong?
"The Financial Times recently reported academic projections showing that A.I. demand may use about half the amount of water consumed by the United Kingdom in a year." newrepublic.com/article/1795...
The Scariest Part About Artificial Intelligence
Between its water use, energy use, e-waste, and need for critical minerals that could better be used on renewable energy, A.I. could trash our chances of a sustainable future.
My uni makes students turn in a report if they use AI but I’m going to drill the environmental impacts into them as extra discouragement.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)
@themodsisyphus.bsky.social
Settler. Scholar of performance, ritual, hate politics, yoga & digital Hindu/tva publics. Animal lover, anti-caste, anti-racist, anti-hate. No response to trolls. RP ⍯ Endorsement #BLM, #FREEPALESTINE
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829 followers504 following2.1k posts