In terms of climate, no, not so far. According to the aviation industry, flights emitted 882 million tonnes of CO2 worldwide in 2023, about 9 times the 99 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emitted by AI in 2025. If GreenIT's forecast for 2030 came true, AI would reach about 70% of aviation's emissions in 2023. The comparison remains approximate: the aviation figure counts only the CO2 of flights.
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