{"id":7919,"date":"2024-12-30T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2025-01-02T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:46:44","slug":"ai-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2024\/12\/30\/ai-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:gjllsctadpeiz2dfkgidvwfm\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lejarwe4as2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiho5crbnhctjl3vmw6awqw32kcwdmwmjonwyrccogmsyhgcfdrmka\"><p lang=\"en\">And to think we spent years debating the implications of their real name policy<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:gjllsctadpeiz2dfkgidvwfm\/post\/3lejarwe4as2c?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ysabel (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:gjllsctadpeiz2dfkgidvwfm?ref_src=embed\">@ysabel.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:gjllsctadpeiz2dfkgidvwfm\/post\/3lejarwe4as2c?ref_src=embed\">30 December 2024 at 09:46<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:g4zywsaz77toa5dcroq4ame2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lee223wkec24\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreie3cukipx5qauco77frv5i3tdgcb6j63dsb5i6drxowaubrfuvfri\"><p lang=\"en\">&quot;A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search&quot;\n\nThis isn&#x27;t a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it &#8211; especially for messing about!!\n\nwww.unep.org\/news-and-sto&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:g4zywsaz77toa5dcroq4ame2\/post\/3lee223wkec24?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Tess Machling (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:g4zywsaz77toa5dcroq4ame2?ref_src=embed\">@tessmachling.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:g4zywsaz77toa5dcroq4ame2\/post\/3lee223wkec24?ref_src=embed\">28 December 2024 at 08:02<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3leejsj2dak2a\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifqkb6yqlfya7s3w3zcvrfce2l5pahqmlye5nmcrr2wkyzrc2rnlm\"><p lang=\"en\">In other news\u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3leejsj2dak2a?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3leejsj2dak2a?ref_src=embed\">28 December 2024 at 12:44<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lectf6wts22y\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreie6t2juh5syf7nhoistsg3izlngsdn4ad4sqbcufkn3glz2uz635y\"><p lang=\"en\">AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power. \n\nNew evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau\/post\/3lectf6wts22y?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Phil Lewis (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau?ref_src=embed\">@phillewis.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau\/post\/3lectf6wts22y?ref_src=embed\">27 December 2024 at 20:30<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lecevnwiuc2b\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreignoedsh6byo3wxklzzgyhnjf4xy74p3yozhkbo5wtvltxca4jvru\"><p lang=\"en\">Looking forward to seeing this<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lecevnwiuc2b?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lecevnwiuc2b?ref_src=embed\">27 December 2024 at 16:11<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And to think we spent years debating the implications of their real name policy [image or embed] &mdash; ysabel (@ysabel.bsky.social) 30 December 2024 at 09:46 &quot;A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search&quot; This isn&#x27;t a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-7919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7926,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions\/7926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}