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  1. Hello everyone. My extra credit assignment is over the environmental costs of A I.
  2. What is A I or artificial intelligence?
  3. A I is a technology that allows computers and
  4. machines to stimulate human intelligence and problem solving skills.
  5. A I can perform tasks that would
  6. normally require human knowledge and intervention.
  7. One of my personal favorite examples of A I is a robot named Aurora
  8. located inside the sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  9. Although Aurora's creators spent quite a bit
  10. of their time and dedication building her
  11. A I doesn't have to be complicated.
  12. For example, GPS, self-driving cars and digital assistance are all A I. Technology
  13. A I creates concerns
  14. A I is a power eater, meaning it takes a lot of resources to keep it running,
  15. which has become a pressing issue.
  16. Concerns about its environmental footprint have surfaced
  17. energy consumption.
  18. A is on a peaceable sensation for energy is a growing concern.
  19. As A I's algorithms become more complex,
  20. the energy demanded skyrockets,
  21. the International Energy Agency or IE A
  22. forecasts a doubling of electricity consumption by data centers and A I by 2026.
  23. Highlighting the magnitude of this challenge,
  24. tech giants such as Amazon,
  25. Google and Microsoft have seen dramatic increase in energy usage.
  26. Raising alarms about sustainability.
  27. In particular,
  28. the development of new A I tools like Google's
  29. Bard and Microsoft's copilot contribute significantly to this search
  30. water usage
  31. alongside energy concerns.
  32. A I's intensive water usage poses another environmental threat.
  33. In Google's latest environmental report.
  34. 2022 the company consumed 5.6 billion gallons of water
  35. to put it into perspective.
  36. This equates to nearly 10 days of water for the entire city of London.
  37. Additionally,
  38. Microsoft consumed nearly 1.7 billion gallons of
  39. water from its operations in 2022.
  40. Research from the University of California riverside found that the source
  41. to power Open A I Chat GP T made by Microsoft
  42. consumed 700,000 L or 100 and 6400 gallons of clean fresh water.
  43. Chat GP T needs to drink a 500 mL bottle of water
  44. to hold a conversation that includes 20 to 50 questions and answers.
  45. The company has a newly launched Chat GP T four. That is a larger model size.
  46. All these numbers relating to water consumption are
  47. expected to increase due to this newly launched platform
  48. carbon footprint.
  49. In 2019, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
  50. researchers trained several large language models and found
  51. that a single A I model can emit over
  52. 626 £100,000 of CO2 which is equivalent to the
  53. emissions of five cars over their entire lifetime.
  54. Additionally,
  55. a more recent study showed that training GP
  56. T three with 100 and 75 billion parameters
  57. resulted in 502 metric tons of carbon.
  58. This is the equivalent to driving 100 and 12 gas powered cars for a year overall.
  59. It was concluded that GP T three's daily carbon
  60. footprint was estimated to be £50 of CO2.
  61. How can A I positively impact the environment?
  62. A I has the ability to analyze the vast amount of data.
  63. This allows it to help mitigate climate change
  64. and help societies adapt to its challenges.
  65. More specifically,
  66. an A I analyzes complex and evolving variables
  67. within the climate system to improve models,
  68. narrow uncertainties and make better predictions.
  69. This can help businesses who may be affected by disruptions due to the climate
  70. change plan ahead to better adapt to them.
  71. A I can also help us create materials that reduce energy waste.
  72. For example, they can help us develop materials that are lighter and stronger,
  73. which means they consume less energy.
  74. It can help us design new materials that use less resources.
  75. Additionally, it can monitor energy consumption, floods, deforestation,
  76. illegal fishing,
  77. moni
  78. identify methane leaks and opportunities for increased efficiency,
  79. making A I more sustainable.
  80. We've seen the numbers A I technology is using billions of gallons of water,
  81. vast amounts of energy and producing over half a million pounds of Co Two per model.
  82. What can we do to be proactive and stop the detrimental effect of the envi
  83. environment is already feeling
  84. we can ensure developers know how much electricity their computers are using
  85. and how that translates into carbon emissions specifically to address this issue.
  86. A group of researchers from Stanford and mcgill
  87. University have developed a tracker to measure energy
  88. and use carbon emissions from training A I models.
  89. Additionally, Microsoft developed a technology called
  90. Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure.
  91. This allows businesses to calculate their cloud's carbon footprint.
  92. Companies have already started
  93. and have contracts committing to use renewable energy.
  94. A great example of this is Microsoft who has a long term contracts for green energy
  95. and has planned to be running on 100% renewable energy by as early as next year. 2025.
  96. Currently,
  97. Google's data centers already get 100% of their energy from renewable resources
  98. resources.
  99. Companies can better maintain and manage their computers.
  100. There are many ways to make computers more energy efficient which
  101. in turn will save electricity along with maintaining their computer usage.
  102. They need to update their technology with more
  103. efficient hardware which requires less energy for cooling
  104. algorithms have different strengths and weaknesses.
  105. So finding the most efficient one is important.
  106. It's equally as important to find the right A I model.
  107. It would be irresponsible,
  108. irresponsible to choose a larger model rather than a smaller model that can serves
  109. resources.
  110. A is relation to macroeconomics.
  111. A A I's technology can enhance productivity and efficiency by
  112. making predictions doing the task in place of a worker
  113. and find the most efficient processes.
  114. This leads to more products produced at a lower cost of resources.
  115. With A I technology on the rise, it is changing the labor market.
  116. For example, some jobs are being pushed out while others are being created.
  117. While this is happening. It's changing
  118. unemployment rates and wages which all play a part in macroeconomics.
  119. A I also plays a vital role in the financial market for fraud and risk,
  120. risk detection.
  121. And these are my sources.
  122. Um I very much appreciate you guys taking the time to watch this video.
  123. Um I hope you guys learned as much as I did.
  124. Um It was great talking with you guys and thank you.