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David Streitfeld

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Dec 14, 2025• "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

AI's Energy & Water Demands: Sorting Fact from Fiction with Andy Masley

Andy Maisley explores the often-misunderstood environmental impact of AI, revealing that a single ChatGPT prompt uses roughly as much energy as one second of a microwave, and that the projected AI infrastructure buildout would represent only a 1-2% increase in global energy usage, with potentially significant offsetting benefits through efficiency and scientific innovations.

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