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Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't make it not a disruptive technology

[โ€“] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

True. But it makes the 30% extra carbon emissions even worse: Ruining our climate for something that isn't even AI. Not that ruining it for anything should be on the table.