Bernie Sanders: “AI requires enormous computing power, driving the expansion…”

“It will become harder and harder to distinguish between truth and untruth. There is also, in what we're seeing now, a significant environmental cost. AI requires enormous computing power, driving the expansion of energy and water intensive data centers. increasing electricity demand, and potentially deepening reliance on fossil fuels in the midst of a climate crisis. Finally. Now let me say this, and I know some people out there may still think this is science fiction, but it ain't.” (10:15–10:23)

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