Why can't more journalists reporting on "AI" straightforwardly say "This is bad, actually"? Case in point: In this article juxtaposing the grandiose claims of OpenAI et al with the massive environmental footprint of LLMs, Goldman still has to include this weird AI optimism:
https://fortune.com/2024/07/12/ai-bizarro-world-agi-electricity-carbon-emissions/
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1) Again we see the harm of the term "AI". While there could be some useful applications of machine learning to various climate or materials data in the context of the climate crisis, LLMs (ChatGPT et al) have nothing to do with that.
2) "AI" is bad, actually.