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Environmental and socioeconomic harms

"At a time of increasing climate urgency, energy consumption and the carbon footprint of AI applications are also matters of ethics and responsibility [68]. As with other energy-intensive technologies like proof-of-work blockchain, the call is to research more environmentally sustainable algorithms to offset the increasing use scale."

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AI Risk6. Socioeconomic and Environmental6.6 > Environmental harm2 - Post-deployment

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Domain6. Socioeconomic and EnvironmentalThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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Domain6. Socioeconomic and Environmental
Subdomain6.6 > Environmental harm
Entity2 - AI
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryEnvironmental and socioeconomic harms
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