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AI vs THE ENVIRONMENT

AI is a power-hungry beast. Training GPT-4 uses enough electricity to power 130 American homes for a year, even with all those deep fat fryers!

But focusing on AI's energy diet misses the bigger picture. AI isn't just coming; it's here, ordering your groceries and predicting your next impulse buy. The real question is: how do we make this digital revolution work for our planet?

Take Walmart's AI system, which crunches 200 variables to predict demand with 95% accuracy, preventing thousands of unwanted products from clogging up landfills. Meanwhile, Tesco's "smart expiry" system has cut food waste by 33%, saving 18,000 tons of perfectly good sandwiches from an undignified, and frankly upsetting end.

Remember the great heatwave jacket crisis at Uniqlo? No? That's because their AI caught an unexpected temperature spike and redistributed lightweight jackets before customers even knew they wanted them. Twelve million dollars saved, and more importantly, no warehouses full of unwanted winter coats. This isn't just good business. It's AI playing weather forecaster, fashion consultant, and environmental guardian all at once.

Amazon's AI has cut excess inventory by 25% while keeping 99.8% of customers happy with their two-day shipping addiction. Fewer warehouses, fewer returns, fewer trucks making needless trips. It all adds up. For every megawatt-hour of electricity AI consumes in inventory management, it saves eight through optimised logistics.

If you think AI is reasonably impressive today, just remember, this is THE WORST it will ever be. Google's latest TPU v5 chips are 30 times more efficient than their predecessors and Microsoft's new underwater data centres, cut energy needs by 95%, using the ocean to cool the servers.

Looking ahead, McKinsey (if you trust those guys?) estimates AI in retail alone could slash global carbon emissions by 290 million tons annually, the equivalent to shutting down 75 coal fired power plants.

As AI makes waste more visible and less acceptable, it's creating a new normal where efficiency isn't just good business, it's a cultural imperative.

The real power of AI isn't in what it consumes, it's in what it changes.

5 points if you can guess which side of the fence i’m on.

^{References: P3 Adaptive: Predicting Inventory Needs with AI | World Economic Forum: Generative AI Energy Emissions | AJOT Insights: Minimizing Container Contingencies with Predictive Analytics | Datategy: Smart Grids Unleashed—AI for Energy Forecasting | Zoho Academy: Demand Forecasting with AI | Russell Investments: AI's Role in Energy Transition | Sumo Analytics: Transforming Ports with AI Forecasting | McKinsey & Company: Reducing Carbon Emissions through Retail AI Adoption | Sydney University News: Energy-Efficient Computing Inspired by the Human Brain | IBM Insights: Future of Energy-Efficient AI Systems | IEA Commentary: Why AI and Energy Are the New Power Couple | DNV Article: Harnessing AI for a Greener Future | My thoughts | Nonsesnse from the internet}

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FUN FINDS

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