Microsoft latest report shows 25% emissions raised due to AI data centers

vivzkestrel 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

- sometimes i really remember that image of a the evolution of man and at the last step it says we need to turn back

- some of the recent inventions genuinely feel like "oops this is a bad idea, lets go back one step"

- a non deterministic system that actively atrophies skills and people actively signing up for it left and right has to be one of the wildest things i have seen in my lifetime so far

	▲	simianwords an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Genre of hn comment where you lump criticisms that have not much together “we need to go back bro”

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ohadkr 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

AI progress feels much less magical when you include the physical infrastructure and energy costs behind every model call.

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ozgrakkurt an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah trillions of investment into development and paying millions to researchers to say they solved a bunch of math problems and it can write mediocre code

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fleetfox 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It also feels much less magical when you see what people actually waste it on.

	▲	marginalia_nu 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Images of hyperrealistic big booby waifus -or- A habitable planet. Which way, western man?
	▲	bendergarcia 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You don’t consider surveillance magical!?!?

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skybrian 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately, this report doesn’t tell us about resource usage per model call. It only tells us the numerator and we also need the denominator.

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simianwords an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a senseless comment. Worlds progress also stands behind the emissions it produces. In fact there are almost no examples of high gdp low energy use countries at all.

High energy use is exactly how prosperity happens. If anything, you should see physical infrastructure and go “yeah that’s great for economy and people”.

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baranul an hour ago | parent [-]

There is clean(er) and safer renewable energy. The human race doesn't have to pollute and climate change itself into near extinction to greedily chase prosperity at the expense of its children's future.

	▲	simianwords 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There’s no evidence of near extinction. You are doing a disservice by promoting conspiracy theories like this while the last 50 years pulled billions out of poverty by using more energy. I would love to the consensus is that humanity would get extinct if we don’t do anything about emissions.

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ChrisArchitect 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Source blog post: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/07/09/respons...