tante
@tante@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green
rexi
@rexi@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago
@tante

quotetoot: Jun 25, 2025, 10:21 AM

(p.s., Mastodon: end the anal BS around #quotetoots, enough!)

rexi @rexi@mastodon.social Listening to the #SamAltman genesis story on NPR #Humanity is treading water, staying just ahead of increasing human need. And they propose to hand that figure treading water either a helping hand or a gold chalice, take your pick. Until the bright light of #AI is pointed at the preconditions for **its own** use —‌ vast #energy requirements —‌ it could literally sink us all. Competing with humans for planetary needs is insane, without first solving our #energycrisis. Fix #fusion first.
rexi @rexi@mastodon.social Listening to the #SamAltman genesis story on NPR #Humanity is treading water, staying just ahead of increasing human need. And they propose to hand that figure treading water either a helping hand or a gold chalice, take your pick. Until the bright light of #AI is pointed at the preconditions for **its own** use —‌ vast #energy requirements —‌ it could literally sink us all. Competing with humans for planetary needs is insane, without first solving our #energycrisis. Fix #fusion first.
rexi @rexi@mastodon.social Listening to the #SamAltman genesis story on NPR #Humanity is treading water, staying just ahead of increasing human need. And they propose to hand that figure treading water either a helping hand or a gold chalice, take your pick. Until the bright light of #AI is pointed at the preconditions for **its own** use —‌ vast #energy requirements —‌ it could literally sink us all. Competing with humans for planetary needs is insane, without first solving our #energycrisis. Fix #fusion first.