Ive been working in AI for years theres one big problem no one is really addressing [Video]

At the heart of the fanfare over the government’s unveiling of its AI Opportunities Action Plan – 50 recommendations to supercharge the UK as a new AI superpower – were three central planks: the creation of AI “growth zones” in the UK, the huge expansion of government-owned AI computing capacity, including a new supercomputer; and the creation of an AI Energy Council.

But amongst the hype surrounding AI’s transformative powers for national growth and productivity that our prime minister rightly stressed, there was scant attention paid to the hurdles. Namely: the rapacious quantities of energy this hungry technology requires and how that fits globally with our goals to lower emissions.

There was no roadmap for how AI could develop alongside Ed Miliband’s highly ambitious net zero pledges. Could AI even accelerate climate change?

To be fair, this is the task set by their new Energy Council. Without access to cheap and reliable power, AI firms will not …