Marlon Bonajos | Ai Revolution Movement Show

🔴 084. AI : Sustainability Optimizing Energy and Conservation Amid Challenges


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Imagine AI is like a super-smart computer brain that can help us take care of the Earth.


It does this in many ways. AI can make buildings use less energy. Think about lights and air conditioning turning off when nobody is around – AI can learn patterns and make these changes automatically.


For example, one big company used AI in their massive computer centers to cut down on cooling costs by 15%.


Some studies suggest AI could help the whole U.S. use 12% to 22% less energy. This helps lower our energy bills and creates less pollution. AI also helps us use clean energy better.


It can help wind farms make 20% more electricity by figuring out the best times to run the turbines.


It helps smart grids deliver clean energy more smoothly. Plus, AI is a big help for protecting nature. It can map every forest acre in the U.S. to help manage them. It uses robots to sort recycling better, so less trash ends up buried in landfills.


AI even helps find and clean up plastic in the ocean. It can also help track pollution like methane gas.


But, there's a challenge. Training these super-smart AI brains and running them takes a lot of energy and water. The huge computer centers where AI lives use a lot of electricity.


Some reports show that even simple things like using AI to write an email uses water.


Making the computer chips for AI also uses up resources and creates electronic waste. So, AI itself can have a negative impact on the environment. People are working hard to make AI more "green".


They are trying to use less energy when training AI and power the computer centers with clean energy.


So, AI is a powerful tool that can help us save energy and protect the Earth, but it's like a double-edged sword. We need to be smart about how we use and develop AI so its benefits for the planet are bigger than its environmental costs

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