How Does The environmental impact of AI | Isha Gollapudi | TEDxNormal Work?

AI is like a super-smart robot that helps us solve problems, but it also uses quite a bit of energy to think.

Imagine you're doing math problems in your head, and you need a lot of paper and pencils to help you out. That’s kind of what AI does, but on a much bigger scale. It uses computers and power to process huge amounts of information, like solving puzzles nonstop for hours.

AI needs to work really hard to learn from lots of examples, just like how you practice spelling words over and over until you get them right. This learning process is called training, and it uses a lot of electricity. In fact, sometimes it uses as much energy as a small town!

Every time AI learns something new, it uses up more power, and that power usually comes from burning coal or using electricity from big power plants. This can cause pollution, which is like leaving a mess in the environment.

So even though AI helps us do amazing things, like playing games or answering questions quickly, it also needs to be careful not to use too much energy, because that affects our planet! AI is like a super-smart robot that helps us solve problems, but it also uses quite a bit of energy to think.

Imagine you're doing math problems in your head, and you need a lot of paper and pencils to help you out. That’s kind of what AI does, but on a much bigger scale. It uses computers and power to process huge amounts of information, like solving puzzles nonstop for hours.