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Meanwhile, the amount of water needed will also spike, so much so that by 2027, AI’s thirst could be equal to half the annual water withdrawal of the United Kingdom.

Then there’s the climate consequences of it all. AI, in its many shapes and forms, requires a lot of energy and water to work. A lot . That might make you feel downright guilty about using AI.

The ad’s visuals were birthed from nothing by nothing: non-sentient digital code that does not know that it, or the holidays for that matter, exist. This ad had no power to make me wonder, because there was no humanity in it.

In recent months, nothing has made me close a social media app more quickly than when the algorithm starts serving me these generic generative AI images and videos.

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instead end up showing how AI will be used for the things that most of us don’t want it to interfere with: our job prospects, our privacy, and experiences and skills that feel uniquely human.

The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.

Fortune notes that the IOC found 180 use cases for AI at the Olympics, but they largely seemed “like nothing more than marketing gimmicks.”