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Tackling AI’s Climate Change Problem
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Tackling AI’s Climate Change Problem

by Niklas Sundberg
December 2023
Intermediate to advanced
6 pages
17m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

Artificial intelligence models require large quantities of specialized hardware, data, and energy to be trained and run, all of which produce carbon emissions and e-waste. These large hidden environmental costs require solutions that can harness AI’s potential while mitigating its climate impact. This article outlines steps that AI leaders can take to make the technology more sustainable.

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