Summary:
- The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems could lead to significant air pollution, potentially surpassing the emissions from all the cars in California.
- Training large AI models requires massive amounts of computing power, which in turn consumes a lot of energy and generates greenhouse gas emissions.
- Researchers estimate that the carbon footprint of training a single large AI model can be equivalent to the lifetime emissions of five cars, highlighting the need for more energy-efficient AI development.