modern seattle. bw

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новые технологии

приверженцы электричек (электромобилей) ратуют за то, что их машины не задымляют атмосферу, напрочь выкидывая весь тот вред, который уже был произведён при создании батареек к их машинам. от добычи лития, до производства самих батарей
теперь и ai оказался не таким уж хорошим
The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what this could mean for artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are rapidly becoming the key growth driver of global data center electricity consumption. Despite AI system power demand approaching that of a country the size of the United Kingdom, the environmental impacts of this growth remain unclear. Most assessments focus on the cost of interacting with specific AI models but do not provide a more holistic overview. Such estimates are complicated by the fact that data center operators do not publicly disclose the required inputs. Reports that attempt to address the global environmental impact of AI hardware typically rely on proprietary analyst data, limiting validation in the public domain

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