While this article is a bit 'click-baitey', it does highlight an important problem with many 'solutions': they are the result of reductionism. That is to say, we isolate the system from the rest of the universe. It's a great tool to simplify problems so as to make them tractable. However, it also makes it easy for us to miss the interconnectedness of different features of a product/solution. I have often expressed reservations about electric vehicle adoption rates because many industrialised countries already have electric grids that are at close to capacity. I have not yet seen many answers as to how to handle everyone parking their vehicle in the evening and charging up for the next day. The same is true for AI systems, which are massive consumers of electric power (and can also generate a lot of waste - when systems have to be replaced). To boot, now we have two massively power hungry (at least in terms of the electric grid) technologies emerging at the same time. I am not saying we cannot eventually resolve the problems, but it's not clear that we have solutions now, which is when we need to solve them. https://lnkd.in/eRzxp4nb
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11moFrancisco Lamosa AI adoption could well increase the growing TENSION between decarbonisation strategies and ENERGY SECURITY. In terms of localised grid capacity, some businesses might well be faced with deciding between adopting AI or EV, because it will not be possible or affordable to do both at the same time.