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Is AI Good for the Planet?

By Benedetta Brevini
Series: Digital Futures
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In Is AI Good for the Planet?, Benedetta Brevini explores the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, examining both its potential benefits and its significant ecological costs. The book delves into how AI technologies could either support or hinder sustainable practices, offering a critical analysis of their role in shaping the future of our environment. It brings to light the implications of AI on our planet, questioning the balance between technological advancement and ecological preservation.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the complex relationship between technology and the environment. It delves into how artificial intelligence can impact global ecological concerns, offering insightful discussions that could appeal to those passionate about sustainability and technological ethics.

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"A passionate intervention on why AI will not solve the climate crisis"--

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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. However, 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.

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The book Is AI Good for the Planet? by Benedetta Brevini receives praise for highlighting the potential environmental risks of AI and the need for caution and governance. It's described as essential reading that is both informative and inspiring, with a non-technical and engaging style suitable for sparking public discussion and encouraging further exploration of AI's impact on our planet.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509547951

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 122.0mm

Height: 188.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 160

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Benedetta Brevini Computing & Technology Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Digital Futures

About the Author

Benedetta Brevini is a journalist and Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney.

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