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		<title>Can we make AI greener?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I first wrote about the potential climate impact of AI back in 2021, before ChatGPT, Sora, Gemini, and all the generative AI hype]]></description>
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<p><em>Image courtesy of Google</em></p>



<p>I first wrote about the potential climate impact of AI back in 2021, before ChatGPT, Sora, Gemini, and all the generative AI hype. Back then, I wasn&#8217;t convinced it was going to be such a huge problem. At the time, cryptocurrency had a much larger impact, and the entire field of tech seemed to be such a tiny blip in the world&#8217;s energy use. While tech still makes up a relatively small slice of world energy use, it&#8217;s clear now that that slice is growing. </p>



<p>Here&#8217;s my 2024 take on the problem, with lots of ideas for how to improve the situation:</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/green-artificial-intelligence-less-energy-ai-climate">To ‘green’ AI, scientists are making it less resource-hungry</a></h2>



<p>Curbing AI’s use of energy and water could seriously lessen its threat to our climate</p>



<p>Science News Explores, February 8, 2024</p>



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<p>And here is my first story about it:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/training-ai-energy-emissions-climate-risk"><img decoding="async" width="574" height="592" src="https://kathrynhulick.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-20-at-8.46.32-AM.png" alt="" class="wp-image-2322" srcset="https://kathrynhulick.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-20-at-8.46.32-AM.png 574w, https://kathrynhulick.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-20-at-8.46.32-AM-291x300.png 291w" sizes="(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px" /></a></figure>



<p>Science News Explores, March 19, 2021</p>
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		<title>Creating a more circular economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How does our consumer-focused economy impact climate change? And how does life cycle analysis help us understand these impacts? My editor at Science News Explores challenged me to answer these questions in a story for kids. This wasn't easy. ]]></description>
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<p><em>Image: iFixit</em> <em>repair café in San Luis Obispo, Calif.</em></p>



<p>How does our consumer-focused economy impact climate change? And how does life cycle analysis help us understand these impacts? My editor at Science News Explores challenged me to answer these questions in a story for kids. This wasn&#8217;t easy. </p>



<p>Honestly, at first, I really didn&#8217;t want to write the story. The issues involved are so complex and far-reaching that it seemed too tough to tackle.</p>



<p>I read two books that helped me focus my thoughts. The first was: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fixation-Stuff-without-Breaking-Planet/dp/1642830453">Fixation: How to Have Stuff Without Breaking the Planet</a> by Sandra Goldmark. The second: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/The-Carbon-Footprint-of-Everything/dp/B0BG3K6Z2X/">The Carbon Footprint of Everything</a> by Mike Berners-Lee. I highly recommend both of them.</p>



<p>Here&#8217;s my story about bending the harmful arrow of take-make-use-toss into a circle of reduce-reuse-repair-recycle-remake.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/creating-consuming-less-new-stuff-can-help-climate-sustainability-reuse-repair-remake">Creating less new stuff could greatly help Earth’s climate</a></h2>



<p>Here’s why scientists recommend moving to a cycle of reduce, reuse, repair and remake</p>



<p>Science News Explores, March 16, 2023</p>



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