Electronic waste generated by AI could increase 2,000 times by 2030 – Photo: REUTERS
The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has brought many benefits to humans.electronic wastegiant that we have created?
Asaf Tzachor, a climate and sustainability researcher at Reichmen University (Israel), said: “E-waste generated by AI, especially large language models (LLM), could increase significantly, potentially reaching 2.5 million tons per year by 2030 if no measures are taken.” .
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The United Nations considers all types of e-waste a major problem, saying “62 million tons of e-waste generated in 2022 could fill 1.55 million 40-ton trucks, which is enough trucks to line up at the equator.”
Solving the e-waste problem brings many benefits.
“A ton of iPhone contains more gold and silver than a ton of ore from a gold or silver mine,” said Lisa McLean, a member of Circular Australia’s research team.
According to research, applying a circular economy strategy helps reduce the amount of electronic waste by 16%, and in the best scenario this number can be up to 86%.
Research clearly shows that the nature of the e-waste crisis is global.
According to him.
“It is now much easier and more economical to solve AI-generated e-waste challenges before they get out of our control,” he said.
Research published in the journalNatural computational science.
