# The climate impacts and ethical considerations of AI use

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**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-climate-impacts-and-ethical-considerations-of-ai-use/138875 "2026-08-17T14:19:53Z")\
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> [@harvestdeparture729](#):
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> To reduce the broad externalities of LLM’s to current noisy estimates of current CO2 emission intensity is, in my opinion, an extraordinarily reductive viewpoint.

Um, my analogy here _was_ specifically about climate impacts and environmental externalities.

I similarly don’t think [garage door openers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-the-best-out-of-ai-without-endangering-the-community/138834/14) are a good analog overall, either.

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