Environmental impact of artificial intelligence

The environmental impact of artificial intelligence includes substantial electricity consumption for training and the usage of deep learning models, as well as the related carbon footprint and water usage impact. Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are materially intense, requiring a large amount of electronics that use specialized mined metals and which eventually will be disposed as e-waste.

As the environmental impact of AI becomes more apparent, governments have begun instituting policies to improve the oversight and review of environmental issues that could be associated with the use of AI, and related infrastructure development.

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