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SUSTAINABILITY
Planet IDEAS
The radically human turns represented by IDEAS come together in the most radically human turn of all: sustainability, the existential struggle to save our planet and those who inhabit it. Machine learning and related digital technologies hold immense promise for helping us overcome our biggest challenges. At the same time, digital technologies have a dark side in terms of the environment. For example, training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five ordinary cars do over their lifetimes.1 Companies will need to address this reality directly in order to keep the damage from outpacing the gain. They must adopt a dual focus: using technology as a powerful tool to create new solutions that promote sustainability, ...
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