今年联合国COP31气候峰会的东道国土耳其发起了一项承诺，称人工智能可以帮助应对全球变暖，尽管数据中心正在加剧化石燃料污染。
Turkey, hosts of this year’s United Nations COP31 climate summit, has launched a pledge that says artificial intelligence can help tackle global warming, even as data centers boost fossil-fuel pollution.
这项自愿承诺将于本月晚些时候在沿海城市安塔利亚开幕的峰会上公布，它凸显了人工智能带来的环境风险与它也可用于抗击气候变化之间的张力。目前尚不清楚哪些国家会签署，而作为最大数据中心开发国的美国已不再是COP进程的一部分。
The voluntary commitment, which will be unveiled at the summit starting later this month in the coastal city of Antalya, highlights the tension that AI comes with environmental risks, but could also be used to fight climate change. It’s not clear which countries will sign up and the U.S., the biggest developer of data centers, is no longer part of the COP process.“The Antalya AI Pledge elevates both sides of AI’s climate story,” said Evan Tachovsky, chief data and AI officer at the World Resources Institute, a climate nonprofit.
气候非营利组织世界资源研究所的首席数据与人工智能官埃文·塔乔夫斯基表示：“《安塔利亚人工智能承诺》提升了人工智能气候叙事的两个方面。”他补充说，它“设定了正确的行进方向，但缺乏问责机制来引导各国和科技公司走上更好的道路。”
It “sets the right direction of travel but lacks the accountability mechanisms to steer countries and tech companies on to a better path,” he added.