Inteligência Artificial, Soluções Artificiais - Colocando a emergência climática no centro dos desenvolvimentos de IA

Authors

  • Benedetta Brevini Universidade de Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/rmc.v18i2.63056

Keywords:

Sustainable Development, AI, SDGs, Climate Emergency

Abstract

Despite growing attention to the environmental costs of information communication technology systems, Artificial Intelligence gets principally heralded as the key technology to solve contemporary challenges, including the environmental crisis, which is one of the goals of sustainable development. But how green is Artificial Intelligence? This text considers the materiality of AI and attempts to go beyond mainstream hypes as it explores the multifaceted ways in which AI is impacting the climate emergency, thus impacting sustainable environmental development. It concludes by offering a set of solutions to limit the direct challenges that AI poses to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

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Author Biography

Benedetta Brevini, Universidade de Sydney

Doutora em Comunicação é professora associada na Universidade de Sydney e pesquisadora visitante sênior na London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Published

2024-05-29

How to Cite

Brevini, B. (2024). Inteligência Artificial, Soluções Artificiais - Colocando a emergência climática no centro dos desenvolvimentos de IA. Mídia E Cotidiano, 18(2), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.22409/rmc.v18i2.63056