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Reaction converging AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action Research & technical analysis · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings Data centers ai populism Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions
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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 Katharine Hayhoe ana valdivia Andy Masley Rachel Griffin
Primary source nature.com ↗
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Data centers ai populism

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Justin Hendrix Data & Society Eryk Salvaggio Frank Pasquale Salomé Viljoen
Primary source nytimes.com ↗
Established Culture, work & education Development 7d ago
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art scraper now collaborates on artist tool

He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them

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Salomé Viljoen Harald Klinke

“After scraping around 12 million artworks from Cara, the developer is now collaborating on Lantern, an open source tool helping artists track their work in public AI datasets. A fascinating turn in the debate over AI, provenance and control. #AIArt #Copyrig…”

Primary source wired.com ↗
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4 experts · 13 posts · 17d ago
Brian Merchant Salomé Viljoen e.w. niedermeyer tweety fish
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e.w. niedermeyer: there's a whole lot going on in "AI discourse" but a lot of it arises from people who work in tech still not getting it that the baseline perception of their work has been shifting hard for at leas…
Salomé Viljoen: there's a whole lot going on in "AI discourse" but a lot of it arises from people who work in tech still not getting it that the baseline perception of their work has been shifting hard for at leas…
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