{"id":15,"date":"2025-10-17T11:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/blog\/points\/greener-intelligence-the-environmental-costs-of-ai-and-the-path-to-sustainable-innovation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:40:59","slug":"greener-intelligence-the-environmental-costs-of-ai-and-the-path-to-sustainable-innovation","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/points\/greener-intelligence-the-environmental-costs-of-ai-and-the-path-to-sustainable-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Greener Intelligence? The Environmental Costs of AI and the Path to Sustainable Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From this event, I learned about the growing environmental impact of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data centers, as well as the urgent need to address their ecological costs.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"0ddcc325-c3ca-4124-bb92-83a1d1359e2f\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0bdf6d5b-beff-41ab-8f57-15afeee890d0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"657\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">It emphasized the importance of innovation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and ethical decision-making to create \u201cgreen AI\u201d solutions that balance technological progress with environmental protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/nsalma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}