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Summary
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.
I study emerging technologies and how their development and deployment influence economic, institutional, and societal outcomes, including environmental sustainability. From my research, I see that even as AI uses a lot of energy, it can also make systems cleaner and smarter.
The energy needed to heat, cool, and power buildings is responsible for roughly 28 percent of total global emissions. AI initiatives are starting to reduce building emissions through smart management and predictive optimization.
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