Amidst the excitement surrounding ChatGPT and the impressive power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI), the impact on the environment has been somewhat overlooked. Analysts predict that AI's carbon footprint could be as bad – if not worse – than bitcoin mining, which currently generates more greenhouse gases than entire countries. Record-shattering heat across land, sky, and seas suggests this is the last thing our fragile life support systems need. Currently, the entire IT industry is responsible for around 2 percent of global CO2 emissions. If the AI industry continues along its current trajectory, it will consume 3.5 percent of…