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Is AI the New Oil? We Need to Talk About What It’s Costing Us

We talk a lot about how smart AI is getting. But here’s something we don’t talk about enough: it’s quietly wrecking the planet. Not in some sci-fi dystopia. In a real, physical, “it’s-happening-now” kind of way. Every time we ask a model to summarize a doc or spit out a joke, there’s a real-world cost i.e. electricity, water, hardware, minerals. And it adds up. Fast.

May 12, 2025 - 05:34
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Is AI the New Oil? We Need to Talk About What It’s Costing Us

We talk a lot about how smart AI is getting.
But here’s something we don’t talk about enough: it’s quietly wrecking the planet.

Not in some sci-fi dystopia. In a real, physical, “it’s-happening-now” kind of way. Every time we ask a model to summarize a doc or spit out a joke, there’s a real-world cost i.e. electricity, water, hardware, minerals.

And it adds up. Fast.

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