AI’s massive energy use is giving fossil fuels a lifeline when they should be rapidly phased out in response to the climate emergency. Meta’s Mesa Data Center, Arizona -- image via Meta By Jean Su & John Fleming, Common Dreams What started as rivulets of hype, hope, and alarm over artificial intelligence have combined into a tsunami-level wave washing over the American consciousness. ChatGPT is the most downloaded application in history, AI stock prices are hitting record ma

AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels. A Google Data Center in...