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Assessing energy and water requirements to power AI at scale

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This session will dive into a topic of universal interest and critical importance: the environmental sustainability performance of artificial intelligence (AI), analyzed through a life cycle assessment lens. Panelists will cover the current state of AI impacts as well as projections for the near-to-medium term. Learning outcomes:: - Learn what the energy and water footprints of different categories of AI currently look like, and how they are likely to change in the future - See how the sustainability performance of Generative AI in particular compares to that of other categories of AI and other commonly used digital technologies - Understand what companies and individuals can do to minimize negative environmental impacts of AI applications and participate in collective solutions

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