Main Idea_ Environmental impacts of language processing programs such as GPT-3 is an issue
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Main Idea: Environmental impacts of language processing programs such as GPT-3 is an issue. 2.
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OpenAI
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1. Environmental impacts
2. Research on Carbon Emissions on language processing programs creating a lot of carbon footprint. 3. This issue may impact human society because too much carbon dioxide causes more greenhouse gasses and increases temperature causing global warming. 4. It has impacted people globally, my understanding of this issue has changed because I didn’t know making a program to just understand human language can cause so much carbon, and this might change my actions because I may focus more on environmental issues in the future. 5.
AI takes a lot of energy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/climate/ai-could-soon-need-as-much-electricity-as-
an-entire-country.html
AI produces a lot of carbon dioxide.
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/8/274925-the-carbon-footprint-of-artificial-
intelligence/fulltext
AI will cause massive environmental pollution just by keeping up servers.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryjytypf2
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Carbon Emissions on language processing models such as GPT-3 generating 552 tons of carbon dioxide, just for getting the model ready to launch. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-computer-scientist-breaks-down-generative-
ais-hefty-carbon-footprint/#:~:text=Using%20more%20power%20than
%20ever&text=Researchers%20estimated%20that%20creating%20the,vehicles
%20driven%20for%20one%20year
.
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1 AI Model can emit more than 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/03/22/green-intelligence-why-data-and-ai-must-
become-more-sustainable/#:~:text=The%20MIT%20Technology%20Review%20reported,of
%20an%20average%20American%20car.
A single request in ChatGPT can consume 100 times more energy than 1 google search. https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/06/09/ais-growing-carbon-footprint/
5. This issue may have impacted human society because of carbon dioxide causing global warming.
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http://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-
carbon-dioxide
Ai can help solve global warming by improving efficiency or optimizing energy saving. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143187
Environmental organizations are advocating for sustainable AI practices.
https://aimagazine.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-ai-companies
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I did not know that computer language models would use so much energy and carbon. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/14/1063192/were-getting-a-better-idea-of-ais-true-
carbon-footprint/
Focusing more on environmental issues such as global warming, and sustainable AI.
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https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/sustainable-AI
This issue has affected me and others because of global warming / climate change, which has made the temperatures in the world higher.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/global-warming.htm
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%20more%20power%20than%20ever&text=Researchers%20estimated%20that
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