Regina Barber

Today on the show, the first in a two-part series on why the true environmental footprint of AI is so elusive.

Today on the show, the first in a two-part series on why the true environmental footprint of AI is so elusive.

Today on the show, the first in a two-part series on why the true environmental footprint of AI is so elusive.

Then we'll talk about how big tech is trying to turn that ship around.

Then we'll talk about how big tech is trying to turn that ship around.

Then we'll talk about how big tech is trying to turn that ship around.

All right, Em, so all of these headlines about how AI is using water, it's because it takes a lot of energy to compute and solve really big problems, right? Right.

All right, Em, so all of these headlines about how AI is using water, it's because it takes a lot of energy to compute and solve really big problems, right? Right.

All right, Em, so all of these headlines about how AI is using water, it's because it takes a lot of energy to compute and solve really big problems, right? Right.

Yeah, I've seen them before. It makes me think of like a library.

Yeah, I've seen them before. It makes me think of like a library.

Yeah, I've seen them before. It makes me think of like a library.

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Yeah, which is smart because water is so much better at transferring heat than air. Yeah, your physics degree really pays off at a time like this. Just in these moments. But where does this warm water go?

Yeah, which is smart because water is so much better at transferring heat than air. Yeah, your physics degree really pays off at a time like this. Just in these moments. But where does this warm water go?

Yeah, which is smart because water is so much better at transferring heat than air. Yeah, your physics degree really pays off at a time like this. Just in these moments. But where does this warm water go?

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