Assessing the Ecological Impact of AI
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21102v1
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:50:18 GMT
- Title: Assessing the Ecological Impact of AI
- Authors: Sylvia Wenmackers,
- Abstract summary: Philosophers of technology have recently started paying more attention to the environmental impacts of AI.<n>The current proposal encourages practically viable analyses of the sustainability aspects of genAI informed by philosophical ideas.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Abstract: Philosophers of technology have recently started paying more attention to the environmental impacts of AI, in particular of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (genAI) applications. Meanwhile, few developers of AI give concrete estimates of the ecological impact of their models and products, and even when they do so, their analysis is often limited to green house gas emissions of certain stages of AI development or use. The current proposal encourages practically viable analyses of the sustainability aspects of genAI informed by philosophical ideas.
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