#sustainable AI

[josephkravis]

The Future of AI: A Symphony of Progress for Humanity

AI transforms healthcare, education, and the environment. Discover how humans and technology collaborate for a smarter, more sustainable future.

What’s On My Mind Today? As the sun rises on a new era of technological advancement, the concept of What’s On My Mind Today? AI is no longer just an idea from science fiction; it’s shaping our world in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago. From medicine to education, environmental conservation to creative expression, the possibilities seem endless. But this isn’t just about…

[chimerarachnid]

A messaging app or social media platform that uses crowdfunding. Its algorithm doesn't rely on rage baiting.

It fact checks information as you type and will correct false information for all users if submitted. It uses AI but it's updated frequently and doesn't consume valuable resources to run or manage systems. It's sustainable, ethical, and cuts down immensely on misinformation and propaganda.

[linda0609barron]

Sustainable Framework: How can Organizations Make Generative AI Green?

Explore how organizations can implement sustainable practices in generative AI technologies. This blog from SG Analytics discusses frameworks and strategies to make AI initiatives more environmentally friendly, aiming to reduce the carbon footprint associated with AI development and deployment. Read more : https://us.sganalytics.com/blog/sustainable-framework-how-can-organizations-make-generative-AI-green/

[aitalksblog]

Ethical AI: The Foundation for a Brighter Digital Future

(Images made by author with Leonardo Ai) The increasing use of AI systems in everyday life raises a host of ethical questions and challenges, such as bias, privacy, and transparency. This blog post examines the concept of ethical AI, synthesizing crucial insights from recent research and guidelines. By embracing an ethical framework that takes these guidelines into account, AI stakeholders can…

[fantasyinallforms]

Ok, look at me real quick because I'm tired of explaning this to full grown adults. You can NOT support generative AI and still claim to care about artists and writers in the fandoms you participate in. So that means if you spout pro generative AI rhetoric, and it gets you ostracized that is NOT the community or fandom being unfair or cruel to you. That is simply the conciquences of your own actions. Full stop.

[inner-memoirs]

There has got to be nothing more soul-sucking and devoid of humanity than being a "money minded" individual. If all you care about is profit, you immediately lose sight of morality.

Why is it considered immoral for a poor person to refuse to work themselves to the bone, but it's not immoral for the wealthy to squeeze desperate people of every penny they have in order to hoard incomprehensible amounts of money?

Why are the poorest people expected to never treat themselves to a nice meal or something they want, while the ultra rich eat gold and take 15 minute private jet flights guilt-free?

Why are there income caps on how much money a disabled person can save, but not how much money a billionaire can have?

Why is it okay to value a dollar more than a real life human being getting food, clean water, healthcare, and shelter?

How are poor people the selfish ones, when our planet is poisoned and destroyed by megacorps in the name of what's profitable?

Even the most basic expressions of human emotion and experiences are being gutted and replaced by hollow machinations because it's cheaper than paying a real artist, writer, developer, or creative to do the job.

We have enough resources for everyone on this earth to have a decent lifestyle, yet when we ask for the bare minimum we get a finger wagged in our face and told not to ask for too much.

It's maddening.

[finalacts]

something i've been thinking about with pluto is how the core three--ai, oom, and may--all have prescribed "roles" in their tangled mess of a relationship and how that has made it incredibly difficult for each character to see themselves and each other as People outside of those roles. this is where i think their core miscommunication happens, because it's not that the characters don't talk, it's more that they are constantly talking at or past each other, not to.

aioon and oaboom are obvious--aioon's the dutiful older sister, selfless to the point of being self-sacrificial, and oaboom's the overshadowed younger sister, precious only because her "weakness"** requires more attention. for aioon, moving forward is going to look like figuring out how to be a good sister/granddaughter without giving up her sense of self, and learning that these two things are actually one and the same--as we've seen, every time she sacrifices her happiness for what she thinks others want from her, it actually comes back to bite her in the ass. for oaboom, it's unlearning the belief that she is a burden because of her illness and learning that her ability to be loved is innate and does/should not need to be externally validated. for them both, it's going to include forgiving themselves and each other for their parents' deaths and all of the childhood hurts that ensued.

may is a little trickier to figure out, and i think i've settled on hers being that her identity and worldview--her role, literally--is almost entirely defined by that first interaction (one that aioon doesn't even remember, mind you). not only is attaching your entire sense of self to someone else's love for you just unhealthy in general, i actually think she spends quite a significant portion of the series unable to see aioon in her entirety because of it (not to mention how it basically caused the mess that was her relationship with oom). to her, aioon is still that teenage girl who showed her she was worth fighting for and how to fight--she's her savior. may's attachment to aioon is all encompassing, and it is devastating. it's why may keeps making aioon promise to choose her over everything else, not realizing that aioon (as she is now) would never be able to deliver. it's why her manipulations (lovebombing aioon every time she tries to tell her the truth or leave) ultimately don't work--aioon is not driven by love the same way she is. for aioon, that first meeting is inconsequential. it's not her lifeforce the way it is may's.

given all of this and the breakup at the end of ep 11, i think the only way forward for may is to figure out who she is outside of aioon--specifically, outside of this need to be loved by aioon. who is may as a person, an attorney, a cousin, a friend, when she doesn't have aioon guiding her (physically or otherwise)? personally, it's the only way i can see their relationship balancing out: may needs to have other things driving her the way aioon is driven by her family and friends, or else they'll just end up back where they started--with aioon leaving and may devastated.

ideally, their reunion would look something like aioon, the writer, meets metavee, the attorney, rather than aioon, may's first love, (re)meets may, aioon's twin sister's ex. a core theme in pluto is how our fixation on the past makes us unable to move forward, and how we should learn from our mistakes but not be haunted and bogged down by them. what aioon and may need is a fresh start, a chance to build upon new foundation, and i hope the ep 11 >> ep 12 time jump gives them that.

**just a quick aside mostly for myself to say that oaboom being canonically chronically ill is very interesting to me!! and i will be letting the thoughts abt that and how disability in general plays out in pluto percolate some more

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Story idea: a Young Priest and an Old Priest team up to defeat a Demon; but the Demon is an Evil A.I., the Young Priest is an IT Guy, and the Old Priest is an Electrician.

[wolveria]

I work at a sustainability company, and they recently announced internally that they want to start using AI for some of the entry level positions. When rightfully asked by employees how they’re going to offset the massive usage of resources used to power AI, they didn’t have a good answer.

So, that’s how that’s going.

[moonfirebrides]

WASTE COUTURE by Marten Kuipers Fast fashion may be trendy, but the plastic waste it generates is not. Let's break the cycle and opt for sustainable choices to reduce our impact on the environment. This is a collaboration between me and Jana V. using Midjourney and ChatGPT.

[kindahoping4forever]

I have yet to move on thanks

[realist-shit-just-happened]

Here's a fun idea: how about we don't replace the writers who bring the humanity and art to the media we consume with ai, we instead replace the company executives with ai. Think about it, who could possibly calculate financial and market indicators better than a computer? Or analyze demographic markets or the financial efficacy or a project? Then the company doesn't have to pay the executives, the robot recognizes that keeping the writers, actors and production crew well paid is better for the company in the long run and everyone gets a raise. The only people who suffer are the billionaires who have hoarded more than enough money over the years to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. Win-win-win.

[hexcii]

Someone made a chat bot of my friend’s oc, and didn’t even ask permission (on top of just general ai bullshit)

I am out for blood

[realcleverscience]

Tech Footprints

Just some context (provided by chatgpt):

Here’s a comparison of per-person carbon, water, and energy footprints, organized by footprint size:

Carbon Footprint (per year, per person):

Beef: 3,000 kg CO₂ (for 50 kg of beef)

Airlines: 1,200 kg CO₂ (one long-haul flight)

Gaming: 20-50 kg CO₂

AWS: 10-15 kg CO₂

AI: 2-5 kg CO₂

Water Footprint (per year, per person):

Beef: 770,000 liters (50 kg of beef)

AWS: 150-200 liters

AI: 100-200 liters

Gaming: 50-100 liters

Airlines: Negligible

Energy Footprint (per year, per person):

Airlines: 1,000 kWh (one long-haul flight)

Gaming: 200-250 kWh

AWS: 60-80 kWh

AI: 50-100 kWh

There's a lot of talk about AIs footprint, but I think people should understand that, so far, it's much less than other industries. That said, as society scales up AI, those numbers are going to grow quickly, so I think it's important that we work on how to maximize sustainability and efficiency of these systems.

At the same time, as I wrote about in another post, AI could rapidly expand our economic output for a fraction of the "footprint cost" of trying to expand the population to achieve the same goal. (Put another way: If we replaced 90% of IRS employees with an advanced AI system, one could expect that it'd get a lot more done, a lot faster, and with smaller footprints than the employees who were replaced.)

In terms of producing things and getting stuff done, AI could double our output with only a fractional increase in resource usage. This is extremely ideal.

The problem is that even if AI requires just 1% the resources as a person to do the same thing, as it becomes easier to access AI, it's usage may grow 10,000% (e.g. "hey AI, make me a movie, also some funny pictures, and also examine my x-rays, and also order and make dinner, etc..."). So even with needing just 1% of resources, if it's used 10,000% more, that's ends up being a lot of resources used.

So yes, we need to think about AI - it's footprints, its effects on employment, and a lot more - but let's not lose sight of the context (e.g. compared to other industries) and potential gains (massive growth in goods, services, and scientific advances).

[leiphobia]

NORMALISE BEING SILLY! Life is too short to be boring 💗💝

Headpiece: Feverfashion on Depop

ALL products in the photos are sustainable and cruelty free <3

[aurosoulart]

veeeerrry close to setting up to stream.... it'll be on my youtube and I'll prolly go live sometime after 12pm PST