The Environmental Impact of AI and Machine Learning with Amber McKenzie

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• Episode: The Environmental Impact of AI and Machine Learning with Amber McKenzie
• Website: .NET Rocks!
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• Duration: 00:54:00
• Published: 2021-04-01 06:00

What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the environment? Carl and Richard talk to Amber McKenzie about her examination of resource consumption when creating machine learning models. As Amber explains, using ML models is not particularly resource-intensive, but creating them is - which leads to a discussion about using technologies like transfer learning to avoid making models unnecessarily. The conversation also digs into the broader thinking about resource consumption in computing - do you know how much power your apps use?