AI is ‘accelerating the climate crisis,’ expert warns – Times of India

Sasha Luccioni, a Canadian computer scientist, is raising awareness about the environmental impact of generative artificial intelligence. She warns that AI technology uses 30 times more energy than traditional search engines. The language models that AI programs are based on require significant computing capacities and energy to train, making them much more energy-intensive. The combined AI and cryptocurrency sectors consumed nearly 460 terawatt hours of electricity in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency. Luccioni has also worked on creating tools for developers to quantify the carbon footprint of running a piece of code.