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The environmental consequences behind AI | Pioneers of AI

About Sasha

  • Climate Lead at Hugging Face, leading AI sustainability research and standards
  • Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2024
  • Recognized on BBC 100 Women and Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List
  • PhD in AI with a decade of research and industry experience
  • Created AI energy score ratings benchmarking model efficiency

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You may have heard that AI is a bit of a resource hog. It requires so much electricity that scaling it could have a tremendous impact on the planet through the increase of emissions. So, what is the exact footprint you’ll leave the next time you type a prompt into your AI model of your choice? Dr. Sasha Luccioni, Climate Lead at the global AI firm Hugging Face, joins Pioneers of AI to break down each step in fascinating detail – all the manufacturing, compute power, and cost involved, starting before you even type in your prompt and hit “return.” Spoiler alert: it’s more than you think.

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Dr. Rana el Kaliouby
Host, Pioneers of AI
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Dr. Sasha Luccioni
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