{"id":1305,"date":"2025-10-24T21:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:57:27","slug":"about-4-in-10-worried-about-environmental-impacts-of-ai-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/about-4-in-10-worried-about-environmental-impacts-of-ai-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"About 4 in 10 worried about environmental impacts of AI: Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll shows growing concerns among citizens over the potential environmental effects caused by artificial intelligence<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press-NORC Center poll<\/a>, released Thursday, found about 4 in 10 U.S. adults said they are either \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d concerned about AI\u2019s environmental impact.<\/p>\n

Comparatively, 30 percent said they are \u201csomewhat\u201d concerned and 27 percent were either \u201cnot very or not at all\u201d worried about the new technology\u2019s effect on the planet. <\/p>\n

Some concerns stem from AI data centers<\/a>, which take up large portions of land and require access to a water source, which cools computers that can overheat from the amount of use required for large language models.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is developing an AI data center in Memphis, Tenn., which has been subject to complaints<\/a> from residents who said the turbines on site have released hazardous materials into the air in violation of the Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n

Aaron Gunnoe, a 29-year-old independent in Ohio, told The Associated Press he\u2019s worried about the lack of effort made to mitigate environmental hazards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey haven\u2019t done anything in the way of offsetting it cleanly,\u201d he said, referring to the large amounts of electricity and fossil fuels used to power AI data centers. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey just keep building more and more,\u201d Gunnoe added.<\/p>\n

About half of Democrats surveyed said they are \u201cextremely\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d concerned about the environmental impacts of AI, while about one-third each of independents and Republicans said they felt the same, according to the AP-NORC poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

James Horner, a 52-year-old Republican in South Carolina, said he believes AI will solve its own energy problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to help everybody,\u201d he told AP. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be able to figure out these processes happening in our body that scientists, as smart as they are, haven\u2019t figured out yet. With supercomputers taking all that data, I think it will help everything, health care, the environment. If it\u2019s used correctly, it will do good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, about one-quarter of survey participants said AI will help more than harm, and roughly the same share said the opposite.\u00a0About half of poll takers said they are unsure or that it won\u2019t make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a black box. I don\u2019t know how we can know,\u201d Amy Fennewald, a 61-year-old Democrat in Minnesota, told AP. <\/p>\n

The AP and NORC Center surveyed 3,154 adults Sept. 2-18.\u00a0The margin of error is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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