Will ChatGPT and it's AI Siblings Kill the Planet? Probably Not, But Let’s Talk About How We Measure the Environmental Impact and It's Uncertainties

AI might be using water, but it’s not coming for the Greenland Ice Sheet—let’s sift through the hype, bad methodology, and questionable claims.

I’ve increasingly incorporated Artificial Intelligence into my workflows. From culling large photo sets to editing videos and removing wind noise in audio, it’s become a helpful, albeit imperfect, tool. Like any tool, AI doesn’t replace human effort entirely, but it can make monotonous tasks faster and allow me to focus on what matters—like writing this…