XR AI Spotlight

The Environmental Impact of AI Quantified

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Alex de Vries is a PhD candidate at the VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics and the founder of Digiconomist, a research company dedicated to exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends. His research focuses on the environmental impact of emerging technologies and has played a major role in the global discussion regarding the sustainability of blockchain technology and AI.

By listening to this episode you will learn:

  • The real challenges when trying to quantify the environmental impact of AI

  • How the training of a model has less impact than what you might think

  • The alarming projections for AI energy consumption over the next 2 years


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