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New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers. www.wired.com/story/ai-cou...

wired.comAI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More EmissionsNew research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.

11/8/26, 1:50 pm26 reposts68 likes

bork bork

@plfrederick.bsky.social

11 Aug

What now

gurevise.bsky.social

@gurevise.bsky.social

11 Aug

I see. AI will help to destroy our planet more efficiently. 🤔 Something does not add up

Lemongrasshopper

@lemongrasshopper.bsky.social

11 Aug

More emissions certainly seems to be the goal they're all trying to pursue regardless... but don't split hairs. ai is consuming fuel to power data centers, to teach the industry how to more quickly burn fuel to feed itself: this is a self-accelerating environmental death spiral. It is one problem.