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The bad news: everything is fucked.

The good news: no matter what your interests or specialties, there will be something you can do to help solve the problem.

"To solve these big, existential problems, we have to begin with a single step.

Start by building less software.

Question every product decision through a climate impact lens. Do I really need to add this feature? If I do, how much will it increase my product’s resource consumption? Are there things I can do in my product to take better advantage of autoscaling, sizing up and down according to need, and avoid overprovisioning infrastructure?"

#AI #energy #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #renewables

https://callmeleach.substack.com/p/ai-and-climate-change-are-on-a-collision?