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Training AI is Environmentally Expensive

Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by Dan Patterson | News.

Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics and co-author of The ITEC Handbook and writer, reporter, and producer Dan Patterson, discuss the need for companies to address the ecological and environmental impacts of generative artificial intelligence. As the use of generative AI increases, so does the use of energy and water.

“The impact of AI on the environment, the impact of anything on the environment, is a near term ethical urgent matter, and it has to be taken up pretty seriously by companies and regulators in a timely manner. It’s a high priority”

Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, interviewed by Dan Patterson | News.

 

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