Matt Riemland
@mattriemland.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, SWPS University (Warsaw) | Researching the nexus between language, land, and labor — particularly AI’s environmental tolls and what to do about them.
(1/6) There's growing alarm over the substantial environmental harms of the sprawling infrastructures and global supply chains that make AI technologies possible. For a profession/industry like translation, which is now largely intertwined with these technologies…
www.iti.org.uk/resource/the...
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The environmental costs of AI
Exploring the environmental impacts of AI in language services and the steps we can take as a profession to address them.
www.iti.org.uk
March 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
(1/6) There's growing alarm over the substantial environmental harms of the sprawling infrastructures and global supply chains that make AI technologies possible. For a profession/industry like translation, which is now largely intertwined with these technologies…
www.iti.org.uk/resource/the...
www.iti.org.uk/resource/the...
Reposted by Matt Riemland
Sasha Luccioni I believe is the one who did the earliest and most realistic estimate of the impact of LLMs. She assembled an excellent resource here - huggingface.co/blog/sasha/a...
The Environmental Impacts of AI -- Primer
A Blog post by Sasha Luccioni on Hugging Face
huggingface.co
January 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Sasha Luccioni I believe is the one who did the earliest and most realistic estimate of the impact of LLMs. She assembled an excellent resource here - huggingface.co/blog/sasha/a...
As the translation industry continues raving about LLMs’ translation capabilities, it’s worth drawing attention to Luccioni’s recent study showing that such generative AI models can use up to 30 times more energy than task-specific models (like traditional NMT) to complete the same task!
"In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide... What we really need is more transparency around AI’s environmental impacts" ⚡🖥️💧🌍
Thank you @wired.com for featuring my predictions (and my hopes!):
www.wired.com/story/true-c...
Thank you @wired.com for featuring my predictions (and my hopes!):
www.wired.com/story/true-c...
Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course
From energy to resources, data centers have grown too greedy.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
As the translation industry continues raving about LLMs’ translation capabilities, it’s worth drawing attention to Luccioni’s recent study showing that such generative AI models can use up to 30 times more energy than task-specific models (like traditional NMT) to complete the same task!
Reposted by Matt Riemland
🚨Call for papers: "Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology", co-located with the MT Summit 2025
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ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
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Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
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ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
CTT 2025 - Calls
The workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) aims to attract a broad range of attendees, such as researchers, educators, translators and industry stakeholders, to discuss the applica...
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be
December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
🚨Call for papers: "Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology", co-located with the MT Summit 2025
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
👇
ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/calls
Follow us for updates: @ctt2025.bsky.social
Organized with @bramvanroy.bsky.social @anaguerberof.bsky.social Lieve Macken, Damien Hansen & Paola Ruffo
Reposted by Matt Riemland
Alberta wants tech companies to build massive AI data centers in the province — and power them with natural gas instead of renewables so its oil and gas industry has a new market for its product.
Home of Canada’s Oil Sands Chases $71 Billion Data Center Opportunity
The Canadian province of Alberta, home to the world’s third-largest crude reserves, is making a push to become a hub for artificial intelligence data centers and sees the potential to attract C$100 bi...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Alberta wants tech companies to build massive AI data centers in the province — and power them with natural gas instead of renewables so its oil and gas industry has a new market for its product.