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AI Causes Surge in Electronic Waste
The Basel Action Network organization has warned of an escalating electronic waste crisis resulting from the rapid growth in artificial intelligence usage. It is estimated that the amount of discarded devices will reach 617 million tons by the mid-21st century, which is six times the volume of the Earth if placed in containers. The disposed equipment includes computer server scrap, processing units, networking devices, smartphones, and AI-powered computers—difficult to dispose of and containing chemicals that may continue to cause environmental and health damages for decades. The organization cautioned that this new waste will be contaminated with "permanent" chemicals, posing a threat to humans and the environment. They emphasized that current attention largely focuses on energy resource consumption, while the impact of the devices themselves and the volume of waste generated by the development and updating of AI technologies is often overlooked.
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