Recent discussions, including an article for @Nature, highlight the escalating environmental costs associated with artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing the energy-intensive nature of new AI models for video, text, and image processing. Experts like @GaryMarcus and legislators are calling for urgent action to mitigate these impacts, including the potential threat to drinking water reserves. Senator Markey has proposed the AI Environmental Impacts Act to address these concerns. Additionally, there's a push for more stringent content moderation in AI applications to prevent harm, especially in the context of elections, as noted by @AttorneyNora in @CNN.
The negative externalities of the internet and the smartphone were not obvious at the outset. The negative externalities of AI are immediate and obvious and yet we can't get there fast enough.
Voluntary promises simply aren't good enough. "To address the real harms that AI poses in a busy election year … We need robust content moderation that involves human review, labeling and enforcement." @AttorneyNora via @CNN: https://t.co/WYrfgMGoFO
It shouldn't be a secret that the environmental costs of AI are skyrocketing. We must pass my AI Environmental Impacts Act to address this crisis before it's too late. https://t.co/OAZ4JF98ow
“We need to get the public involved in the struggle to try to get the AI companies to behave responsibly,” @GaryMarcus. “What we saw with social media is just going to be like an appetizer compared to what’s going to happen.” https://t.co/koYPe2t5HL
My latest for @Nature: AI's environmental costs are soaring. The new energy-hungry models for video, text, and image could create an energy crisis - and impact drinking water reserves. We urgently need action from industry, researchers, and legislators. https://t.co/1zT0mMaP4f https://t.co/V9TUBy8Zka