How does AI affect the planet, according to Crawford?
AI's planetary costs are substantial and often overlooked. The development and deployment of AI rely on immense energy consumption for computation and data storage, contributing to carbon emissions and resource depletion. Furthermore, the extraction of rare earth minerals for hardware exacerbates environmental damage. My work in *Atlas of AI* highlights how AI is not a disembodied digital phenomenon but a vast material industry with significant ecological footprints and consequences.
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