AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action

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• Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social amplified

  @tkovach.bsky.social

  Well this is startling. Researchers looked at how AI may raise productivity in the energy sector. Across the board, productivity increases for fossil fuels cause a net increase in GHGs. The only way AI causes net GHGs …

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• K Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com: Have we just been examining the tip of the iceberg when it comes to AI's carbon emissions? This new study says YES. Thanks to @emorwee.bsk… →
• A ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social: This study is particularly relevant for those who believe that AI for sustainability will mitigate climate change. It will not: "Parallel… →
• A Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social: Here's the paper www.nature.com/articles/s44... →
• R Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.bsky.social amplified

  @volts.wtf

  "Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."

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