What links artificial intelligence and the climate crisis? On the one hand, they’re both driven by fossil fuels. The link between dirty energy and an ever-heating climate is well-established. As for AI’s connection, energy hungry data centres and certain AI-powered tasks, such as generating images, require vast amounts of power.
On the other hand, AI has the potential to dramatically reduce our climate impact – not least by finding smart ways to cut energy consumption and generally shrink our carbon footprint.
From a climate perspective, AI is both a threat and a promise.
