How to Make Artificial Intelligence More Environmentally Sustainable

Charles Humble presented strategies at GOTO Copenhagen to curb the rising electricity use and carbon emissions caused by artificial intelligence. Computer scientists and environmental researchers must treat sustainability as a primary design constraint alongside cost and performance. Teams can achieve this by selecting smaller pre-built models, optimizing hardware, and shifting workloads to cleaner energy grids.

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