Quili 人工智能

Quili 人工智能
Quili AI

自2010年代初以来，位于智利迈波河盆地的Quilicura已成为人工智能数据中心的重要枢纽。这些中心在冷却过程中使用大量水，加重了与气候变化相关的该地区严重干旱。为提高人们对人工智能隐藏水成本的认识，居民们用一天时间扮演“人类人工智能”，手动回答提示词并与当地艺术家共同创作内容。该倡议由Fundación Avina和Corporación Ngen发起，旨在揭示日常使用人工智能的环境影响。

Quili AI 是一个项目，智利基里库拉的居民担任了一天的“人类 AI”，回答提示并创建内容，以突显干旱地区 AI 数据中心的水耗。Hacker News 评论者讨论了该倡议并争论其主张。一些人欣赏这种倡导并指出人类也消耗水，而另一些人质疑数据中心是否导致干旱，强调水是被循环或蒸发而非被破坏，并认为气候变化和地方政策是更大的因素。若干评论者还讨论了冷却方法、闭路系统，以及此类项目是误导还是提高有用意识。帖子里还有关于饮水建议、笔记本电脑能耗、以及人类能否现实地替代日常请求中的 AI 的题外话。总体而言，该项目被视为有创意且具挑衅性，但其用水框架仍存在争议。

QUILI.AI

A man and woman in a marsh holding laptops

QUILI.AI

A TOWN BECOMES AI FOR A DAY IN A BID TO SAVE ITS WATER.

AN INITATIVE BY FUNDACIÓN AVINA AND CORPORACIÓN NGEN

In the early 2010s, Quilicura began to host one of the largest concentrations of data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence. These use the region's water as a cooling method.

[The Problem]

QUILICURA, CHILE SITS WITHIN THE MAIPO RIVER BASIN, ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF WATER FOR PEOPLE AND FARMING. SINCE THE EARLY 2010s, QUILICURA HAS BECOME A MAJOR HUB FOR A.I. DATA CENTERS THAT USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO COOL DOWN SERVERS. BECAUSE OF THAT, COUPLED WITH AN ONGOING CLIMATE CRISIS, CHILE IS FACING A SEVERE DROUGHT EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL 2040.

[Becoming AI for a Day]

Even though A.I. can move mankind ahead, the irresponsible use of A.I. can have disastrous effects on our water and other resources. It is inconceivable to think that someone casually using A.I. to create funny images in NYC or Berlin, can affect the water supply in Quilicura, Chile. To make the impact visible, and to help draw visibility to the problem, the residents from Quilicura became “human A.I.,” for a day. Answering prompts, creating content with local artists, and completing other tasks manually.