Decentralized AI helps, but data centers worsen an already dismal climate outlook
Bedrovelsen · x · 2026-09-04
A user argues that decentralized use of LLMs, VLMs and other task-specific AI will be very beneficial, but data centers — AI-related or not — will exacerbate a climate outlook already dwarfed by fossil fuels and large-scale agriculture.
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