{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Worth Knowing","title":"AI rocks Climate Week NYC | 09","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1953,"description":"AI was the elephant in every room at Climate Week NYC. Behind the promises of green innovation looms a ‘brown boost’ in data centres, gas and power.\nThis week, Elliot reports from New York as he and Matt unpack the real, immediate and enormous energy demand behind the race towards AGI, and the religious promise that once we reach the Promised Land, AI will save us.\nWhere are the examples? What are the strategies? And can AI companies become good corporate citizens without locking in another generation of gas and coal?\nAnd what hope do we have when even the climate tech VCs are all in on AI and fresh out of decarb?\nFind out in this week's episode of Worth Knowing.\nChapters ➡\n00:00 AI is the elephant in every room\n00:15 A typhoon rolls through New York\n02:32 Climate Week becomes AI and Data Centre Week\n06:35 The missing global guardrails\n07:55 AI’s brown boost\n09:09 Nvidia says: trust us, we're surgeons\n12:20 Racing towards the Promised Land\n16:48 Decentralised energy and good corporate citizens\n20:47 Renewables are on a tear\n22:26 Patagonia, Twiggy Forrest and Sylvia Earle\n27:02 Active hope and Gross Domestic Regeneration\n29:41 Why COP31 will not save us\n31:58 The war is not yet over  \nWatch and subscribe to the channel now, as well as our Substack and your favourite podcasting channels, at: https://worthknowingpod.com\nFor show notes and a deep dive on each episode, visit the Substack via the link above.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kLOyudmflklpLa-NLw5_OVigjIyc7rj5qEtrsj0bHtc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NjFi/MmVkNzEyOTJhZWQx/NjE5ZjM1OTk2MjFk/N2Q3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}