Is AI Good for the Planet? - Digital Futures

Artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time, from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cybersecurity threats and the climate crisis. But AI also contributes to the climate crisis by running on technology that depletes scarce resources and by relying on data centres that demand excessive energy use. Is AI Good for the Planet? brings the climate crisis to the centre of debates around AI, exposing its environmental costs and forcing us to reconsider our understanding of the technology. It reveals why we should no longer ignore the environmental problems generated by AI. Embracing a green agenda for AI that puts the climate crisis at centre stage is our urgent priority. Engaging and passionately written, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of AI, environmental studies, politics, and media studies and for anyone interested in the connections between technology and the environment.

ISBN:	9781509547951
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	15 Oct 2021
DEWEY:	304.28
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	160 .
Weight:	152g
Height:	124mm
Width:	191mm
Spine width:	18mm

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