Philippa
@flipperville.bsky.social
AI safety and responsibility researcher at University of York. Also: lgbtq, cycling, anything neolithic, board games, nerd!
Also though sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...
AI’s thirst for water
Alexandra Kis, Avinash Lunj and Rich Kenny from the Government Sustainability Alliance reflect on the environmental challenges associated with AI's high water consumption
sustainableict.blog.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also though sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...
From the government website sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...
AI’s thirst for water
Alexandra Kis, Avinash Lunj and Rich Kenny from the Government Sustainability Alliance reflect on the environmental challenges associated with AI's high water consumption
sustainableict.blog.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From the government website sustainableict.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/17/a...
Don’t forget the substantial amounts of water needed to cool all the AI centres they are building or have built.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Don’t forget the substantial amounts of water needed to cool all the AI centres they are building or have built.
Respond to them with an equally random photograph. Make it a thing you do…
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Respond to them with an equally random photograph. Make it a thing you do…
Have you considered selling to a theatre!?
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Have you considered selling to a theatre!?
Why is lack of interwebs a downside? Bliss! She says on the internet
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Why is lack of interwebs a downside? Bliss! She says on the internet
I cannot unsee this
September 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I cannot unsee this
In my last job it was expected to show you had the expertise to do the work. I hated it but was pushed into it.
September 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
In my last job it was expected to show you had the expertise to do the work. I hated it but was pushed into it.
My son is heading for Falmouth Uni in a weeks time. Having taken him to interview I can confirm it is an effing long way
September 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My son is heading for Falmouth Uni in a weeks time. Having taken him to interview I can confirm it is an effing long way
It’s used for every single micro transaction people do now and lost meaning. There are three reasons I would bother - it’s a small business and I want to help them, they were atrocious, they were amazing. Even then you won’t get much more than a cursory thing or it would take too much time.
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s used for every single micro transaction people do now and lost meaning. There are three reasons I would bother - it’s a small business and I want to help them, they were atrocious, they were amazing. Even then you won’t get much more than a cursory thing or it would take too much time.
Best recently was asking for feedback on my booking experience for a meal out. I hadn’t even been yet.
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Best recently was asking for feedback on my booking experience for a meal out. I hadn’t even been yet.
Hard to know if you would be more disappointed by a no or yes (given what it is)
August 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hard to know if you would be more disappointed by a no or yes (given what it is)
I have just bought a Christmas present
August 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I have just bought a Christmas present
No sign of any academics being consulted by the Guardian.
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
No sign of any academics being consulted by the Guardian.