Science, Spoken

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

Science, Spoken

Show Notes

Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.

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