It can be easy to get lost in numbers, but what they point to is an obvious truth: generative AI is an environmental disaster that’s accelerating natural destruction and the climate crisis at the very moment alarms are sounding about the precious little time that remains to turn things around. Tech companies once pitched themselves as the purveyors of a more ethical form of capitalism. They wanted us to believe they would balance corporate profit with environmental sustainability, such that the digital future was marketed as inherently more sustainable than the analog past. It’s clearer than ever that was a lie.

Source : Disconnect