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2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade.
2023: Microsoft's emissions are 30% higher than in 2020.
Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires new data centers built out of carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips.

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so-true Corporations will go green on public pressure. yea

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    In Accelerando,

    spoiler

    Humanity is forced to the outer edges of the solar system because AI-powered corporations (called 'the vile offspring') hog all the sun's energy to trade derivatives back and forth. Looks like we've figured out a shortcut.