A Legal-Environmental Review Of Artificial Intelligence’s Unseen Costs
- IJLLR Journal
- Aug 15
- 1 min read
Neelanko Chattopadhyay, LLM, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal
ABSTRACT
In this modern society, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of human lives so crucial that no one can save without it. By far, AI also comes with vast disadvantages and challenges as far as Environment is concerned but these aren’t so explored.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reports state that the amount of electricity, water etc. consumed by the AI data centers, which runs the AI model, causes pollution and emits greenhouse gas.
The aim of this paper is to give a holistic analyzing of EPA (environment protection agency) of the rapid pace AI introduces in to the pollution by its energy consumable processes. It shall examine how the issue of negative environment problems due to AI efforts is created at different stages of life cycle of the AI technologies. Moreover, this study will provide sustainable solution to overcome the problems resulting from AI with regard to environment. Also, they provide what the country should do to create a proper bridge between using AI as it’s being used now and a sustainable environment. Finally, this study will look into the necessity of organized energy architecture and integration of renewable energy resources.
Following this, it aims to fill up the gap between technological advancement and environment sustainability, and in so doing, adequately address these concerns to develop AI with appropriate environmental measures and regulatory mechanisms.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Environmental Impact, AI Data Centers, Carbon Footprinting, Legal Frameworks.
