Hello. I have also felt this recently. Climate also adds to isolation for me, as it reminds me of how much the world has to learn to equip ourselves with tools to love better. So thanks for your thoughts and you’re not alone.
SUSTAINABILITY
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LLMs Water Consumption Crisis: Urgent Call for Industry Action
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For all the companies promising “watermarks” for AI – eventually, in ways nobody believes will slow down LLM adoption – my appeal is for them to leave their “mark on water” and encourage no LLMs are used until they stop radically & rapidly using water NOW. Be heroes. #LLMsNoH20
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Language Central to 10 of 17 Sustainable Development Goals
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“Language is central to 10 of the 17 SDGs.”
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African Language AI Technologies and Poverty Reduction Impact
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Getting to hear from @tamati_biskit CEO of Lelapa on African language technologies, better resource use, and the role of AI to interrupt poverty traps. Important message as we think about our work at #Indaba2023 and the SDGs.
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Researchers Present Innovations in Weather, Health, Food Security AI
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Kudos to all our researchers who gave great lightning talks on weather prediction, floods forecasting, open buildings, food security, maternal health ultrasound, and improving speech recognition for low resource languages.
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Google Research Showcases AI Projects for Social Impact in Accra
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Delighted to participate in the Research@ event in our Accra office today & to see the demos of Flood Forecasting, Project Relate, Maternal Health Ultrasound, and Open Buildings. These projects use technology to make a real difference in people's lives!
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Microsoft purchases carbon-removal credits using carbon-absorbing rocks
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'The deal will help Microsoft neutralize its carbon emissions and is one of the largest ever purchases of carbon-removal credits.' https://
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Ontario Showcases Autonomous Vehicle Vision at IAA Mobility
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Grateful to the @ONgov for the invitation to represent the future of Ontario's automotive industry at @IAAmobility
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Probabilistic Machine Learning for Climate Science Explored
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Session on exploring probabilistic machine learning in climate science by the excellent @rendx This morning at @DeepIndaba
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Technology Design Policy Ecological Flourishing Human Wellbeing Equity
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Imagine a world where technology design & policy was created to increase ecological flourishing and human wellbeing as the definition of societal progress & all indigenous & marginalized people were at the table to create peace for all ancestors. #ImagineEquality @unrisd