AI industry insiders say the world has plenty of energy capacity to absorb this increased demand, and that technological efficiency improvements could offset these increases. But others are skeptical about the industry’s promises, and worry its aggressive consumption of fossil fuel energy sources will hamper collective efforts to combat climate change.While AI could change the world in many unforeseen ways, it’s already having one massive impact: a voracious consumption of energy. Who is losing in the new AI error?

