11. An 11th Thing: AI & the Environment
You may have heard that AI uses enormous amounts of electricity or water. It does use energy — but for a typical user, a chatbot conversation uses roughly the same energy as a comparable amount of time watching an online video or playing an online game. Worth being aware of, but not a reason to avoid using it.
Energy use in context
AI chatbot session
similar energy
Online gaming session
An hour using an AI chatbot is comparable to an hour of online gaming.