Quiz: how sustainable is AI?
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I think AI is sustainable as you can ask it questions and it will answer it for you so you can do what you need on it. You can do things educational and more. It saves paper and word document can help you write things than rewrite it over and over again
But what about the environment? In 2030, the amount of waste AI would make is Millions.
We can’t afford to lose the planet just because of AI. Also, it produces green-house gases and carbon dioxide, which makes our planet more dirty. We should stop AI
I think we can both agree that AI isn't the best use of our resources and that in the long run AI will more then likely harm our planet. You also need to take into consideration that things we do day to day also contribute to the greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. In truth almost everything that we do isn't sustainable such as driving everywhere, taking a shower, and using the internet which I'm sure that you have done. Considering all these points how is AI the main stimulate for us losing the planet?
I'm not sure about this because, would you want to suffer all in the name of not losing the planet? don't you think that the AI can be of help in sustaining the planet? for example, you can make researches online with the aid of the AI getting more information about what to do to save and sustain the planet. And let me remind you that the AI has made life easier for man making the world global and creating jobs for man because one don't really need to leave his/her comfort zone in search of opportunities.
I agree because there is no point in running our planet just so that some technology can take over our lives because humans are too lazy to do it for themselves. We need to save our planet so that future generations can enjoy it too! The world doesn’t belong to us! It belongs to everyone and future generations deserve to enjoy it too. We have been selfish and destroyed the planet for future generations!!!
Thank you for your comment. Do you have numbers and examples to evidence your response? All human activities are producing carbon dioxide, does that mean we should stop humans :) ?
It is worth balancing good use cases and bad use cases for AI? how much responsibilities should be given to individuals when using AI and how companies or states should address risks from AI to the environment.
I disagree because Ai is ruining our environment,ok it is good for doctors but the people that love shopping they don’t need it and this is why deforestation is happening deforestation is when all our trees get cut down and this is not ok if I could I would put a stop this as quick as I can
I do agree with your point except the fact that we should stop using AI because AI is a very useful resource to humans , it's just that we should know how to use it properly and find ways to make it less harmful to the environment.
I do not think that AI is sustainable as it creates many problems one of them being the waste of electricity it creates millions of wasted energy. For AI to be sustainable it needs to use less energy, and not produce a huge amount of greenhouse gasses and carbon dioxide. Also, the function of AI is an alright system but it causes many problems in our society we are living in and overall creates a bad environment which means AI is still not yet sustainable.
I strongly agree that AI is not sustainable reason been that AI has caused more ham than good, what I am trying to say is that AI is causing part problem of why we have huge amount of greenhouse gasses and high waste of electricity which is causing home to die slow . So i think that before 2030 the will have lesser electricity and causing more people to die. finally i will like if we reduce the amount of AI to save our planet .THANKS
I disagree because... it causes carbon emission
I agree with you cheerful butterfly. I think AI is sustainable because it helps us to work on our assignments, it provides answers to problems etc.
Sometimes AI provides wrong answers to our problems which can lead to trouble. We humans should be careful the way we use AI because it can affect us in this ways:
1. AI can make us lazy.
2. When we overuse AI we will not want to express our creativity, etc.
Although I understand that you can use it for educational and environmentally safe reasons, there are also negative ways that you can use AI. They can be used to spy on you and get data from you, they can be used to cheat on a test or in any ways which doesn't support your learning growth, and most importantly it causes more criminal activity by allowing people to clone faces, voices, or even identities. Therefore, although AI could be sustainable these three negative uses of AI are making it impossible to sustain.
I dont think that AI is sustainable. AI uses millions of liters of water everday just so that we can get answers on some questions that we can also search in books or even on google that is also bad for envioremnt but not as much as AI. We need to prioritize our planets future.
I completely agree however just one AI model can use as much energy as a car in its entire life time. I strongly believe AI is not sustainable yet they use tons of water to cool the computers, so they don’t overload and overheat. This is a waste of water that shouldn’t be using. Furthermore, many people have are in difficult situations where water scarce.
On the other hand, AI could help prepare for the future. It could give us solutions that could hugely help us. Job such as doctors and scientist use AI to help Solve new problems that have a risen.
I agree because... ai is useful for studies! It creates flashcards and questions that you can answer to help revise for upcoming tests or assignments
Thank you for your comment, resplendent_rainforest! Can you think of any other positive applications of AI? How about any negative ones?
I respect your point of view cheerful butterfly but according to my perspective I don't feel that AI is sustainable. It has helped humans a lot but it has also stopped humans from thinking . The thinking level is going down per day. It uses a lot of electricity which is hazardous for future generations. Also the amount of water for cooling down the system after sending a Email is really very high which makes it unsustainable. We should use AI but only when it is actually required. We can make it sustainable by finding the ways for it.
I do not agree that AI is sustainable though it can help find the best possible approach to resource management in areas like agriculture, transportation, energy which help lead to reduced waste and provide increased efficiency. AI can also help detect pollution, track deforestation and enable faster and more effective responses to environmental issues. For AI to be sustainable the carbon footprint must be reduced and this can be done by looking for ways to power the AI tools. How it is disposed and recycled must must be worked on.
I don’t think AI is very sustainable because according to the quiz, it uses a lot of electricity and causes irreversible damage to our planet. On the other hand, it can come up with solutions to prevent climate change and deforestation. However, this does not make AI sustainable and if we keep on using AI so that it grows bigger day by day, year by year, the world will become even less sustainable and it won’t be what it could’ve been.
Hi humble elderberry,
I solidly agree with your incredible comment about AI being sustainable. As for me , I see Artificial intelligence bots as an advantage and disadvantage simultaneously because according to the lesson I had from my teacher, we also discussed about AI consuming lots of energy and resources which can also be recycled for another project. The real truth is that AI is partially sustainable and then on the other hand, is not So despite the fact AI bots consumes energies does not mean is totally bad. No! lets be logistic, The AI intelligence has contributed strong in majority with of taxes of which humans are finding difficult in doing in the past years. For example, farming was not the essential for the last decades ago.
I never wanted to totally disagree with your comment of course it was awesome but to modify and for the purpose of clarity.
Thank you very much.
In reply to humble elderberry because, AI on it's own side has caused a lot of damages to the world more especially to the users of AI due to the fact AI helps in our daily life it is also one of the things affecting us. AI consumes five times more the power it takes to power an electrical watch to 50% therefore it ends up taking up the power needed by humans.so in my own opinion i would say that AI isn't sustainable and if the world continues like this the whole world might be damaged.
I also agree with you humble_elderly that AI is not at all sustainable. It creates millions of tons of electronic waste (which I learnt from the quiz) and also uses natural resources on a large scale ( like water) which could be used to help the needy in a big way. So if we don't use AI judiciously, then we're basically biting of our own hand that feeds us (nature).
I agree because... AI consume a lot of energy that is meant to charge our phones to 50% battery and it affect our planet , because we citizens uses the electricity to charge our phones, watch television during our leisure time and use it in our work places.
But AI can be sustainable if developed and be used properly. we should use AI for good, we should also minimize the harm and maximize the usefulness of AI in our environment and every part of our lives.
I don’t think Ai is a sustainable because it is using to much energy and it is ruining the environment and this is why deforestation is happening
I don’t think AI is very sustainable because i believe that it has produce many problems like it using a lot of emissions and energy which could be used for better things .
I agree because...for me ai is just a waste of time because causes carbon emission
I don't really concur to your comment because AI can not be a waste of time because, the people that came together and thought of what they could make to make life easier didn't have the intention of making it harmful or possible of causing carbon emission but instead, the rate at which it is used per day is becoming harmful therefore causing carbon emission and the depletion of the ozone layer which is not going to be good for the health.
In my opinion AI is unsustainable because AI is releasing as much emissions as a car alone! I can’t believe how destructive we can be even when we don’t even mean to be
I disagree with you when because that AI model is produced it will stop making emissions and the car will. Besides the AI can suggest revolutionary ways of reducing those emissions such as electric vehicles like cars and trains which has been proven to be better for the environment.
I totally disagree with you genius_volcano because we are the ones misusing ai. we should also note that ai did not start existing naturally. we humans are the ones who manufacture and program ai machines to do specific functions. AI are used by humans for our own benefits without considering that too much of everything is bad. so i would say that ai is destructive because we humans use it too much. THANKS
I must say this QUIZ was absolutely fabulous. I scored a perfect score of 8 out of 8. I must admit before taking the quiz I did a huge research on this topic and doubt that without the research I would not have done so well. But I would not consider it as cheating as research is an important part of our lives. Even though it was really shocking to know about the enormous load of resources used for just a "simple" task of AI. It made me gain a new respect for our nature and sustainability. After taking the quiz I pledged myself to reduce my AI usage and create awareness amongst other people about the same too.
I don’t think that AI is sustainable yet because we can’t reverse the damage that it does to our earth . If we manage to find a sustainable way for AI to be used then it would be great because when eg: a farmer uses AI to give us food how nice would it be if they wasn’t using as much energy as it does now ?
I do not particularly agree with the fact that Artificial Intelligence is sustainable and efficient for the planet. To emphasize the meaning of sustainability, I would like to ask all the Artificial Intelligence supporters a peculiar question which I am sure would beg lot of thinking, 'How would Artificial Intelligence thrive after depleting resources of the place where it is supposed to be established and refined?' I am of course saying that if the Earth is in a state which doesn't support the advanced requirements such as tons of liters of water to cool the supercomputer 's data bases, millions of kilo-watts of electricity etc. then how would it help us by any means? Artificial Intelligence is no doubt a way to make everything around us easier and efficient but at what cost? at the cost of our shared residence? Is so incredibly important to use AI to administer the world, drive cars or write emails ? Wasn't the world working before its invention? The stats shown in the above quiz are flabbergasting to say the least. Is it practical to use millions of liters of waters just to quench(not the thirst of the quarter of the world's population) the heat of the databases generated by often our searches. Concluding with a solution, AI should only be limited in fields where it can help refine their previous outputs. The damages are irreversible and planet is singular.
I agree. AI is not sustainable within our society, and it can cause more harm than good on our plant. According to the quiz, AI uses at least 10 times more electricity than a regular search on google. AI uses far more things to fix issues than what is needed. AI needs to be used to sustain things that can be fixed without any further problem since the damages that could be done when AI is used unmonitored could strike even more harm on our planet than good.
Can you think of examples of 'damages' caused by AI?
In my opinion , I do not think that AI is sustainable because according to the quiz , AI uses a lot of energy which leads to climate change and a increase in greenhouse gases. It also produces electronic waste harming our nature. Another thing is that is also uses water , which makes it difficult for the areas where water is scarce. AI also helps in solving problems but to make it more sustainable , renewable energy and eco-friendly options should be used.
Would it be possible that AI could help in figuring out a solution to the sustainability problem? Is there a perfect balance in how much or how little AI is utilized to ensure sustainability?
Yes, I think that AI can find a solution to it and make it more balanced and civilized with the help us us utilizing it in such a way that we can sustain AI and avoid greenhouse effect in the world today, so if we want to see the world in at least 2030 from now.
So, the perspective that I am trying to bring out is that for AI to be sustainable, then we have to utilize it.
Thanks
Al has both advantages and disadvantages. One of its major advantages is its ability to solve complex problems within minutes. On the other hand, a major disadvantage is that it consumes a significant amount of electricity, which is harmful to the environment. As a result, it can lead to various challenges in our daily lives. I think Al have many disadvantages, So I thinking that Al is not most sustainable.
I scored 8/8 on the quiz. Some of the facts surprised me as I knew AI wasn't sustainable but you so realise how big of an impact AI can have on are environment.
Some aspects of AI are useful such as being able to help to improve pieces of writing you have and give you suggestions on what to do but we still have a long way to go to reduce the negative impacts of AI and improve the sustainability of AI.
The lesson taught me about some of the environmental impacts of AI. I knew that AI probably wasn't the most sustainable but I never knew any facts.
One of the facts that surprised me the most was the use of 27 litres of water to cool AI systems that run in data centres. This was surprising as I thought it would be less.
Another fact that surprised me was The amount of carbon emissions released by AI systems that are being trained. Training one AI system can release over 295,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide, which is almost 5 times the amount of which a car produces or pumps out in its lifetime. For some reason I thought it would be less. Before the lesson I didn't even realise how much carbon dioxide is released when training and AI system.
Did the lesson change your opinion on AI? If so, how?
Yes it did because I thought AI was good now I see that AI is terrible because it’s hurting the world more than humans and the world is really good because if we keep hurting the world it might disappear.
I scored an amazing 8 out of 8 and in the quiz I was surprised to see how unsustainable it is to use AI. For example a single google search uses 0.3 watt hours of electricity that is like powering a digital alarm clock for one hour, so already that is creating a considerable amount of harm to the planet. The average person makes 3 to 4 google searches a day and there is about 8 million people in the world so the environment will be bombarded with CO2 emissions every day affecting the environment and do you know what this is going to become? Over 1 million tons of waste admitted into the air ! So until we know how to use AI sustainably we shouldn't use it at all to potentially causing unalterable damage because remember we have no Planet B yet !
I think AI is not sustainable because of it harming future generations by using a lot of energy (greenhouse gas) that could be used for other, more important things, e.g. for healthcare or in industries to support our economy. Today, we learned that AI causes millions of tons of electronic waste, which was really surprising to me. Since AI relies heavily on data centers, we can say that the servers need a lot of water to prevent overheating, meaning that AI indirectly consumes a significant amount of water, which is not good for the environment as well. The amont of energy used to analyse one prompt is extremely high. These points make me think about AI being a chance or a danger for our future as well as if AI is really necessary in all of the fields it is used in.
I agree with some of your comments. However, we can also use the energy produced by data centers to warm the water that is used and therefore recycle the energy. Did you know the Paris Olympics pool was warmed by servers at a nearby data center?
I liked this because it shows how much I know and don’t know and shows the answers if I get them wrong so I really liked it but I only got 5 out of 8
AI is not good for the environment because
People were ever you go are on there phones or devices and I believe robots could possibly take over one day however it is good because we can do our homework .
I think ai isn't that sustainable because its producing lots of electricity which is really bad but it is a bit sustainable because its really fast and doing its job. Yet it watches us and can hack us or even give us a virus on devices which to me is quite scary thats why u don't use ai i don’t want to get hacked and im sure no one else does.
Hello!! I scored a 7/8 and the test itself changed the way that I view the sustainability of artificial intelligence. In my opinion, I do not believe that AI is sustainable enough yet. I learned that these AI data centers are not only very expensive to make, but are very costly and require lots of resources to maintain and keep well operated. Lots of water is needed just to cool down the very hot environment and the electricity it requires in the long run is not be beneficial to the environment. I do feel like in the future we will figure out a way to make it much more sustainable and eco friendly but at this moment in time, I do not believe that is the case.
Thank you.
In my opinion, AI is a very useful feature in our everyday life.
It is good for Ideas and food recipes, for example: I have a test coming up and AI is able to give me quizzes as revision.
What is the difference between AI and a regular internet search?
I scored 8/8 and I agree with fact that AI is not yet sustainable because according to the quiz, just to train one AI robot produces 5 times more green house gases than cars and right know people are trying to reduce gases produced by cars by creating electric cars but here comes AI adding to the problem! So imagine using tons of AI machines what do you think by 2030 the world would be like? Since people want AI to still be in use, they are looking for ways to make AI sustainable. But which side are you on? Make it sustainable or get rid of it. I am on the side to get rid of it.
It was easy for me because we learnt some of it in are class and it was very interesting as well as fun.
AI is a powerful tool for the earth, but it produces green-house gases and that is not good. If we are going to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide we have to take responsibility for the earth and stop global warming and climate change
I think ai should be sustainable for some people because they have different reasons to use it because of different causes but I also think that only doctors and scientists should get to use it the most doctors because many of the devices that they use to check the patients are mostly powered by ai and scientist should too because they need to be checking in on the weather mostly to see if there is going to be something like a hurricane and a tornado
I think AI is good and bad it’s good because it is faster than a human and can help people learn and I think it’s bad because it’s not sustainable and it could take over most of the world plus it can’t tell what people are feeling and that is terrible because people need to let out their emotions.
I really learned so much about AI such as one google picture can use the same electricity as a phone to 50%.I did not know that.
I do not agree that ai is sustainable because you will need 27 kg of water it wasting water in the summer
AI can be Good But there are negatives because in just a few years AI could be a teacher for all students.There is one thing that AI they can not understand our feelings. This was agreed by class
How would you feel if you were taught by AI and not by a human teacher?
During the lesson I learnt that it takes 27 litres to cold down a AI machine everyday.We thought that it takes 23 or 17 litres to cool down an AI machine
Did this surprise you? If so, why?
I predict that Artificial intelligence is not sustainable because it can harm the world a sustainable I is when that product or thing is not affecting the earth. AI cause over 2,ooo carbon dioxide then cars
I got 5 out of 8. I think I did poorly, and I am not happy with what I got. I think AI is sustainable because it has the ability to maintain existence of technology
I was shocked by the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere, 285k is an utterly monstrous amount within that short span of time, I hope it wont increase anytime soon because that would be another negative factor added onto the environment.
In my opinion AI is neither good nor bad. How it is put to use is what determines the outcome. It has brought tremendous improvement in every area of life like music, movies, script writing, education etc. however it has also brought about mental laziness. People practically can not do anything without asking AI to do it. The outcome is lower human intelligent development and this is not good fore the younger generation.
Thank you!!!
Hi skillful_plum, can you think of ways to use AI to help with developing human intelligence?
AI is not so sustainable cause for us to be living in a world with technology is good but with an advantage there is a disadvantage so in some fields of life we see AI helping us with things we did not expect like in drugs but if we keep living in a world wit AI it can cause the depletion of things like the ozone layer which cause cansa is wrong an in Africa we com plane about heat so if the ozone is to fall us here we will surfer from heat THANK YOU
My own opinion tells me that, AI will not be sustainable for a long time, and by the looks of it, I think that the whole world might just turn into a radio-active waste land.
What I heard about AI using a high amount of energy just to send one E-mail per week makes it more difficult to sustain AI which might lead hazardous chemicals called the CFC's(CluoroFloroCarbons) which leads to the depletion to the ozone layer causing UV(UltraViolet rays).
So, in conclusion, I would try to sustain AI as much as others would like to the same.
Thanks
I think that AI is mostly watched by a bad side. Of course there can be sustainability problems if people which don’t need it that much use it a lot. Then the data which is needed to process is very high. But for some jobs or institutions it can be very helpful and can cause a big change in future which can make the word a better place to live. So the chances of AI should be focused, but the problems should not be forgotten.
I think AI is a great aid for students and generell people in need. But it should Not be used for the wrong purposes. For example asking AI for creating an opinion of something. Because AI cannot express the opinion or the feeling for you. AI is also a big warte of energy and is bad for the climat. But in the future AI can improve, thus also the Reduction of Energy.
I personally think AI has both advantages and disadvantages. On one hand AI can be used effectively by people to help them in daily struggles or tasks but also by helping people within their job such as doctors to diagnose someone’s condition and how to efficiently treat them. It can also help to come up with solutions for climate change or other crises. As controversial as it sounds, AI also damages our planet.
By using a huge amount of energy and electricity it isn’t very sustainable. Though it helps many people it also is damaging. I think people should think about if the use of AI is worth the damage it does.
I agree with both AI can be great for different situation's but at the same time its bad for the environment with the amount of carbon dioxide it uses
As we are using AI in performing our duties in different field of life, we should at same time see that what this AI is taking from the planet is way much bigger than what we claim to be receiving from it, there I’m on the ground that AI is not very sustainable even in the quiz we can see that this same AI uses tones of water just to cool down when we use it and at same time using millions of kilo-watts of electricity.
Now if we to compare and contrast, we will see that we are actually loosing a lot and gaining few in return, why I said this is because, AI is helping us in making our works easier and faster is no doubt but we can still do without them of course we’ve been doing before they came into existence, they are helping farmers in many ways is not doubt but at same time we should remember that farmers have been sour in their field before the invention of AI and same thing applies in many other areas of life.
We can’t trade easy life for an irreversible damages to our planet which AI causes, just imagine if we continue in the usage of AI, time shall com when we will be left with nothing and continuing means making the world a less sustainable place for us all.
THANK YOU
AI is not sustainable in future because it is consuming more energy sources and e wastes. And it's creating more pollution from the AI cars,water consuming and creating a AI model will produce a huge electronic wastes that affect our nature and they are using AI hardwares that are created by mining more elements that affects our environment.
To reduce the impact of AI that are causing environmental pollution:
The creaters can try to use a small tech materials items instead of using huge models and try to reduce pollution can be helpful for AI to be sustainable.
AI is quite unsustainable. Because an AI on daily basis, needs a lot of energy to provide us the solutions of our problems and giving us informations about this and that. The high frequency that spreads while an AI uses the energy, Becomes hard for some of few animals to take.The wave hurts their brain so thus is bad for their lives.
Also there are a lot disadvantages or unsustainable of AI.
Like:-
Training and running AI models require significant computational power, leading to high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
The production of hardware for AI systems relies on the extraction of rare earth materials, which can have negative environmental and social consequences.
The rapid pace of technological advancement in AI
is leading to a high turnover of hardware, contributing to the growing problem of electronic waste.
Interesting perspective, centered_banana -- I'm very intrigued by your assertion that high-frequency waves from AI are harming animals. What is your evidence for that?
While establishing AI we need more instruments like satellite microwave to communicate.
Those microwaves can interact with a bird's navigation system, mating ritual, eating habit,etc.
There are some articles that relate to the facts written above.So thus we can say that animals suffer a lot from the electromagnetic radiation and high frequency waves.
I think AI is not sustainable as its carbon admission rate for just feeding the one platform knowledge is 5x the amount of an average cars life span . With that amount of green house gases it could become the one of the worlds biggest contributors to the health and the temperature of our planet . Even so the main problem with AI is its great amount of usage every day with a humongous group of people asking questions , seeing if AI will make a time table for them but with all those answers and calendars being made the more co2 is being released into the atmosphere .
I think AI is sustainable because for example you ask it to write a poem with similes , it will give you an amazing poem like nobody's done before and did you know that AI robots can possibly take over the world I know that's terrible, but with the right level of security measures this can be prevented/controlled.
I think that AI is not yet sustainable because it leaves a lot of waste. By 2030, AI will have produced millions of tons of waste and we cannot have this happening to our planet. 285,000 kg of carbon dioxide waste will have been created (that is five times as much as a car). It does so much more damaging then helping and we already have a lot of problems with climate change and AI doesn't help sort it. It clearly isn't that sustainable as it can heat up and the 27 literes (which should be going to the places in the world that need it) are used to cool it down. It might stop us cutting trees for paper but instead it makes us take up huge amounts of country land for data centres. We should take more care in what AI does to the planet.
I think that AI is not yet sustainable because it leaves a lot of waste. By 2030, AI will have produced millions of tons of waste and we cannot have this happening to our planet. 285,000 kg of carbon dioxide waste will have been created (that is five times as much as a car). It does so much more damaging then helping and we already have a lot of problems with climate change and AI doesn't help sort it. It clearly isn't that sustainable as it can heat up and the 27 literes (which should be going to the places in the world that need it) are used to cool it down. It might stop us cutting trees for paper but instead it makes us take up huge amounts of country land for data centres. We should take more care in what AI does to the planet.
In my opinion, it depends on what you use the AI for if it is sustainable or not. AI can be sustainable because if you are using it for educational purposes and also school, then it will be sustainable because it can give you facts, statistics, and assistance to help you with school and education. But, on the other hand, AI can not be sustainable because as the quiz states, AI consumes and uses a lot of energy which in result can cause harm and also chaos. In conclusion, my opinion on if AI is sustainable or not is that it can or cannot be sustainable is that it depends on what you are using the AI for.
I think AI is sustainable and unsustainable at the same time. For example training large AI models produce more carbon than five cars in their entire life which is a lot, but at the same time AI helps farmers with their plants which makes the farmers more efficiently and they produce more crops or it helps scientists to create simulations, to predict natural disasters or to process a lot of data.
So, in my opinion I think that just some people should be allowed to use the AI so the pollution will be reduced.
I think that AI is sustainable as it operates like a human being and if you ask a question about anything it can give a good answer. It helps people to perform the tasks and make work easier.
I scored a great 8/7 which is great because I thought i was going to get 4/8 but I think I did great
I do not believe that AI is sustainable because, according to the the quiz AI is in reality very wasteful. If you sent one email per week, you alone would use 27 liters of water. It causes pollution; it causes irreversible damages and unsafe environments for humans and animals to inhabit. On the other hand, AI reduces bureaucracy ( paperwork and administrations, which are jobs usually carried out by humans) saves time and helps its users to find out things with a more efficient alternative to teaching. Yet AI lacks emotion and will absorb creativity and leisure if it continues like this. This brings me back to my opinion, AI is not sustainable. If we all keep using AI it will produce more and more greenhouse gases, neglecting our Earth; creating an imbalance between energy and lives.
I think it is not that sustainable because of the fact that if everyone uses AI at the same time It will waste so much water (probably millions of gallons) when it can be used to plant at least 90 trees in 1 day(that can probably last them a lifetime). But it really depends on how you are using it for example if you are a parent (planning schedules) you would rather use it for a job like a forest ranger for drones tracking people cutting down trees,finding lost people and/or protecting the environment.You would rather go to google (Can make a digital clock work for around 1hr)
to find an image which only wastes 0.3 watt hours rather than waste 6 watthours (Can make a digital clock work for around 20hrs)from using chatgpt or something like that.
I do not completely agree with the fact that AI is sustainable and that it is significant to the work of the world.I think this because whilst millions of people have no clean water at all in their country, AI itself uses millions of gallons of evaporated water nearly every day. One AI robot, ChatGPT, uses about 500 millilitres of water for every 5 to 50 prompts. Not just water but especially electricity. , AI and cryptocurrencies consume around 460 terawatt-hours of electricity and what is most shocking is that it is just under 2% of the global electricity demand. As well as that, AI causes pollution; Its metals which are mined from underground, can lead to soil erosion and environmental changes. Many electronics are not properly recycled, leading to land fill waste which can cause further and worse water pollution. Additionally, AI will take jobs of those who are less fortunate, such as: bankers, advanced coders, law clerks, lawyers, stock market analysts, data analysts and many more important jobs which are currently being done by human hands. To conclude, AI is not sustainable because of the many reasons listed above and many more such and the use of factories for making the computers etc. Thank you for reading this and bye for now.
In my opinion, AI is not sustainable. AI is known as efficient and prompt for several occasions, but at what cost? According to the quiz, AI uses 2.9 watt hours of electricity, which is 10x the amount that google uses per search. In addition, AI releases an abundant amount of carbon dioxide, leads to electronic waste, and also requires plenty of energy. Though AI is popular, I wonder if people ever think about the consequences of using AI and the process of making AI. According to the provided quiz, training ONE AI model releases 285,000 kg of carbon dioxide, which is more than what a car releases in its lifetime. Furthermore, do people ever think of the amount of energy used by AI for just a simple task? AI uses an equivalent amount of energy that a smartphone requires to reach the battery percentage of 50% just to generate an image, showing how energy is often wasted for a simple task. In conclusion, AI is not sustainable, people often do not think about the consequences of the production and usage of AI, leading to the slow destruction of our environment and planet.
I don't think AI is sustainable.according to the passage AI need much electricity to charge a phone to ( 50 percent) and it causes damage to our planet.
I think AI is unsustainable because millions of tons of water is wasted by AI
Can you explain how that happens?
I think that ai is good as it helps me with my homework and helps me with school work I do not think that is is harmfall to the environment as its on a computer and I will not throw out my computer so it wont be litter so it does not hurt the environment.
Are there other ways AI could harm the environment that aren't linked directly to your own computer?
In my opinion I think AI is sustainable because you can ask it questions for education or help you with typing up paragraphs for emails. Some may say that it is bad for the environment but at the end of the day, AI prevents the need of paper and that stops a lot of Carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere making paper in factories and will reduce deforestation. Furthermore, with how fast technology has developed I am almost certain we will have developed technology to reduce the negative impact of AI and lead the advancements to be more eco-friendly.
I do not believe AI is sustainable or at least not in its current form. According to a report, training one AI model can emit nearly five times the lifetime emissions of a car. Yes, it is useful but that does not make it environmentally sustainable. I believe our environment is more valuable than receiving a personalised answer. Maybe if a more environmentally friendly form of AI or something similar is produced in the future it can be sustainable, but, in the current form during an era where we are damaging our environment so badly it is not worth it.
I think ai is not sustainable because of the emissions it produces and by 2030 it will be in the millions of emissions of c02 and greenhouse gasses which can lead to damaging the world.So think about this is the world or ai more important i believe the world is more important rather than ai as the knowledge ai gain is from people so if people spread knowledge around the world we wouldnt need ai.
I think that AI is not entirely sustainable because it leaves a lot of waste. In the future AI will produced millions of tons of waste and we cannot let this happen to our planet. 285,000 kg of carbon dioxide waste will have been created. It clearly isn't entirely sustainable as it can heat up and the 27 literes of water are used to cool it down. It might stop us cutting trees for paper but instead it makes us take up huge amounts of country land for data centres.
However it is usefull to students in school as it can help with work and teach them how to do new things like learn to code or something like that.
I believe AI may not be as great as it may seem. I think this because just in the last five years, Google has reported their emissions have reached a forty eight percent increase due to the electricity consumption from their AI data centres . I don't think this secures a good future for our environment and humanity overall. Although I believe AI has incredibly positive impacts such as advancements in medical fields and research, by the time we reach the point where we fully develop the world of artificial intelligence, the world will already be falling apart and beyond repair.
I think AI can be sustainable sometimes but eventually it could turn on ourselves. People use AI all the time , but eventually one little mistake, one hacking could make everything change. That's why it can be sustainable sometimes
I agree with the idea that AI uses extreme amounts of energy and is on its way to causing incredible harm to our environment. However, If we start thinking about how AI can solve the other energy problems of our society we can attempt to minimise the damage and think about how to improve the sustainability of the AI itself. There are already multiple studies showing that AI can solve our renewable energy problems through energy optimisation and smart grid management. I believe that if we are smart about who uses AI and how we can actually improve the current state of the environment and where it's heading.
Interesting perspective - thanks.
My class did very well on the quiz, with every student having their say. I learned that AI takes 10 times the energy that google does. AI might be quicker but google has all the information and just gives it to whoever is searching, while AI has to gather the information and formulate answers from data sites like google. The quiz made me aware of the negative effects on the environment, this many people do not think of.
I don't think AI I's very sustainable because according to the quiz you need lots of energy and energy is created in many ways but the most common way is fossil fuels and fossil fuels are ruining our planet and making climate change worse and worse. Our time is soon going to end if we don't make a change and I think removing Ai can start stopping all of this. But on the other hand this can be argued because Ai saves people not just time also money. It is helpful for everyone ; it can help people in school like having a free tutor and parents for finding the best discounts and prices for there family. But overall I think Ai is not sustainable.
While AI might not be as sustainable as many people think, it is a relatively new technology and like other technologies will definitely improve, and hopefully become more sustainable. AI can do jobs for us and make lives easier. It is clear that such an advanced technology must use lots of energy to be powered.
I think AI is sustainable because if you have questions or need help with anything you can ask AI. I know it is bad using it because it destroys the environment but AI is still useful as it can help with things like meanings of words or questions about politics, practically anything.
I believe that AI is not yet sustainable in today's world, AI is very useful in the modern world, it can help us with recipes, help humans find cures, help us predict the weather. However, I believe that it is being wasted and not everyone should be allowed to use it. It is statistically proven that if you send one email a week, using AI, it will use over 27 Litres to cool down. AI should not be used to benefit one person, but the world as a whole, AI should be used to find cures, save lives, not just look up recipes. If we use AI to our advantage, we could lower Carbon emissions, while maximising how useful Artificial Intelligence can be.
I don’t think AI is sustainable as it realises green houses gases and affects climate change.
I scored 8/8 but to be honest it was just my lucky go and I learnt that in life only you are the person who maintain yourself and make yourself satisfied so I think even if ai is useful it actually is not that effective ,pathetic for Mother Nature and it just makes us more dependent which according to me is worst way to live *your* life because everyone has their individual life for themselves to live it their own way and I believe ai snatches that ability from us .Talking about sustainability ai is yet not sustainable at all as the quiz itself says that sustainable is something which does not cause irreversible damage to earth so just want to say nature is our root as it gives grip to us to stand high so “ why are we cutting our roots in Greed of fruits” .
AI is not fully sustainable yet, because of its very high energy consumption; contributing to the abiding effects on our dear planet. It is heavily dependent upon natural resources, especially for the energy required to power data centres and their cooling systems which just adds on to climate change. But AI isnt entirely unsustainable, if we find ways to save energy by making it renewable while improving its use, and support climate research we can have a healthier future while continuing to use AI!
In my opinion, AI can be used both ways, to destroy or evolve the planet and it at the end comes on to us, human beings as AI can be controlled by after all, only us. So if got in the wrong hands AI can be one of the most dangerous things ever and if used in the way intended, AI can be very beneficial for the society. So to make this balance, some essential protective measures shall be taken to ensure the security of the use of AI making AI used to power large companies and plants harder to access because of strong passwords and complex pattern detecting sensors such as fingerprint and facial detection. One more thing that can be done to reduce the use of AI is to spread the knowledge of the consequences of AI. One suggestion I would like to give would be to conduct quizzes like this more frequently on the web as well as in classes to spread awareness.
I don't think that AI is very sustainable. Sure it helps a lot but at who's expense?. Does the world really need AI to write essays and send emails? Were we not doing these things manually before AI came along?. Why will we put our lives at risk to do assignments faster and send fast emails?. How many people in the world are searching for water and here we are wasting it on a machine which we can do without. AI should be limited to fields where it is really needed.
Is there anyone or anything else that would benefit from AI?
AI is Sustainable because data generated from it has some truth and you can depend on it.
Again, AI is currently a solution to a number of academic issues especially for students and teachers I developed regions. This shows that it has taken a step and wining trust from people is a mileage towards standing for future.
You mention the word depend - do you think this could become harmful?
I think that AI is not sustainable. It is not good for maintaining natural assets and uses too many resources to be as accurate and precise as possible. It’s not only destroying nature and everything that nature provides, it also destroys us humans, our knowledge and skills, abilities and our imagination. One day we will be no longer able to rely ond our own knowledge if we use artificial intelligence for everything and we will always be looking for someone else to help us or do something for us. We will become disabled and our brain will stop thinking the way it was created for. We need to be aware that AI is destroying our Earth, understand that we are also on this Earth and that it is also destroying us.
You make some powerful statements @generous_goat! Do you think that AI could ever be used to solve climate-related issues or have any positive impact on the environment? Or is it wholly negative?
I think Artificial intelligence isn't sustainable as there's something called "e-waste" that contains dangerous chemicals that's created due to AI technology.
According to Google, E-waste accommodates, lead (a chemical in the lot of chemicals e-waste contains), it contains mercury, And cadmium which causes endangerment to humanity. As it's very bad for health, and for the environment. In contrast to this information, I think we can keep that from becoming a larger problem by decreasing the use of AI technology. For example, not using it to ask unnecessary questions, make the use of AI less in houses/phones, apps like chatgpt should have message limits so that no one overuses it, etc..
This quiz told us about the other side of AI. In this world we feel by using AI we are developing but do not see the other side of AI which is the heavy use of resources . We came to know that a single search by using AI can change are 50% of phone also running this technology needs a lot of important resources of the world like water. At last we became aware about using AI wisely or can cause distruction to the earth.
According to me AI is not sustainable as it can cause damage to our environment easily through many ways such as training AI models takes mucch of electricity and this causes to use of more energy.