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cover of episode The hidden environmental costs of a single AI prompt, with Dr. Sasha Luccioni

The hidden environmental costs of a single AI prompt, with Dr. Sasha Luccioni

2025/6/4
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You may have heard that AI is a bit of a resource hog. It requires so much electricity that scaling it could have a tremendous impact on the planet through the increase of emissions. So, what is the exact footprint you’ll leave the next time you type a prompt into your AI model of your choice? Dr. Sasha Luccioni, Climate Lead at the global AI firm Hugging Face, joins Pioneers of AI to break down each step in fascinating detail – all the manufacturing, compute power, and cost involved, starting before you even type in your prompt and hit “return.” Spoiler alert: it’s more than you think.

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