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How AI impacts the environment (and your energy bill)

How AI impacts the environment (and your energy bill)

It's Been a Minute vor 11 Monaten

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AI is the future, but how is its infrastructure impacting your air,
water, and utilities bills today?

You asked, and Brittany delivered. Many of you wrote in asking
about artificial intelligence’s environmental impact. Brittany and
Evan Halper, a business and energy reporter for The Washington
Post, answer your questions and so much more. Like, is AI causing
your energy bills to go up? Are tech companies tricking communities
into building data centers? And how do you ethically use AI when
you know it impacts nature?

This is the final episode in our AI + U series. You can
check out past episodes (Can you trust the information AI gives
you? Or How AI slop is clogging you brain) further down in this
feed.

(0:35) The AI arms race and its immense energy demands
(5:24) How much energy does AI need to run? Where does that energy
come from?
(9:13) Water usage and water quality concerns
(10:30) How does AI impact your energy bills?
(15:09) Can communities stop tech companies from building data
centers?
(17:30) Why tech companies may skirt prior climate
commitments
(18:49) How much AI should you use knowing its environmental
impact?

Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluse

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