Artificial Intelligence is here. AI is everywhere, and Chat-GPT is being used often by people across the globe. It may seem like a simple act, but the environmental implications of using Chat-GPT, especially the water consumption is surprising. There is a lot that people don't want you to know about the environmental costs of AI so today we are going to explain them.
Thanks to Professors Ian Clarke and Ayumi Goto at OCAD university for helping to inspire this episode. And thank you to Emmy and Aila for working on this with me.
Written by: Gregory Brown
Edited by: Luka Sarlija
Drawn by: Gregory Brown
References and Further Reading:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00601-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2011.348
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00580-4
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271
https://undark.org/2024/02/20/ai-environmental-footprint/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4Oe4BhCcARIsADQ0csmzfYEdUda5An7y12fK6ZayXLyo5UYappZT2CgwCC8xwCAyecGTeE4aAlVBEALw_wcB
https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RW15mgm
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsofts-water-consumption-jumps-34-percent-amid-ai-boom/#:~:text=Microsoft%20said%20that%20the%20company,for%20its%20cloud%20data%20centers.
https://www.infiniti-it.co.uk/news/tech-news/the-importance-of-cleaning-your-data-centre#:~:text=Dust%2C%20debris%2C%20and%20dirt%20can,clean%20has%20always%20been%20important