AI investment frenzy raises questions about sustainability and environmental cost
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Zachary Shahan
Summary
The article critically examines the massive financial investments pouring into AI, questioning whether the industry has become an unsustainable bubble. It highlights the enormous spending on data centers and computer hardware, powered by polluting power plants, and suggests that investor enthusiasm may have outpaced realistic returns. While acknowledging AI's useful applications, the piece expresses skepticism about the long-term viability of the current investment frenzy.
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· 5 pulledThe amount of money being invested in AI (artificial intelligence) is wild.
So much money is being poured into the industry.
Investors all want to bet on leaders of this new era, and large AI companies are pouring a lot of that cash into enormous data centers packed with unbelievable amounts of computer hardware, and powered by dozens upon dozens of dirty, polluting power plants.
However, has it all gone too far?
Note that this is not to say AI isn't doing amazing things and won't continue to be more and more useful
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