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The Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration of Its Energy Consumption
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed the digital landscape, from influencing how we interact with technology to reshaping entire industries. Emerging from decades of eager anticipation, its mass proliferation can be traced back to the public launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. This seemingly revolutionary tool magnified the fears expressed in sci-fi narratives like Terminator, transitioning our perception of AI from hypothetical to crucially real. However, with this swift integration into our lives comes a pressing concern: the sustainability and environmental impact of AI.