AI Climate Costs

You’d be hard-pressed to ask enough questions to ChatGPT, Perplexity or other AI services to meaningfully change your personal emissions. Asking AI eight simple text questions a day, every day of the year, adds up to less than 0.1 ounces of climate pollution, our data suggests. The exception is AI-generated video: One five-second clip (is) equivalent to riding 38 miles on an e-bike. Overall, our personal and work-related digital emissions are dominated by just three things: TV, digital storage and internet or video use on your computer.  -Washington Post