Artificial Intelligence, For Better or Worse

As seen in Bluedot Living: Dr. Karen Boyd, senior officer of economics at the Policy & Innovation Center discusses the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.

An excerpt: When asked about the environmental impacts of AI, Dr. Boyd agrees that it’s “a really good thing to be concerned about. I think we definitely should be paying attention to the environmental impacts of technology, and I love that AI is kicking off that conversation.”

“But,” she adds, “this is a data-center problem, not an AI problem. Streaming video for video calls, Netflix, and YouTube are all more resource intensive than AI is.”