Is AI Good for the Planet?

by Benedetta Brevini

Book Overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time: from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cyber security threats and, of course, the climate crisis. But we should think about AI in a different and more material way: running on technology that depletes scarce resources and relying on data centres that demand excessive energy use, AI is also contributing to the climate crisis. Collectively, these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509547959
• ISBN13: 9781509547951
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.4"