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The Ecological Impact of AI

Course code: RANA-AI-505  Β·  Catalog #RANA-AI-505

Understand AI's real-world footprint β€” energy, water, and emissions β€” and what it means for you, for business, and for the planet.

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  • AI 101: Novice Guide to AI
  • AI 102: Compare and Select the Right AI Platform
  • AI 103: Intro to AI Prompts
  • AI 104: Using AI Safely
  • AI 201: Applied AI With Anthropic Claude
  • AI 202: Applied AI with OpenAI ChatGPT
  • AI 203: Applied AI with Microsoft Copilot
  • AI 204: Applied AI with Google Gemini
  • AI 301: Advanced AI Techniques (Hands-On)
  • AI 302: Advanced AI: APIs, Agents & Governance
  • AI 303: AI for Executives β€” Cost, ROI, Security & Oversight
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  • AI 101: Novice Guide to AI
  • AI 102: Compare and Select the Right AI Platform
  • AI 103: Intro to AI Prompts
  • AI 104: Using AI Safely
  • AI 201: Applied AI With Anthropic Claude
  • AI 202: Applied AI with OpenAI ChatGPT
  • AI 203: Applied AI with Microsoft Copilot
  • AI 204: Applied AI with Google Gemini
  • AI 301: Advanced AI Techniques (Hands-On)
  • AI 302: Advanced AI: APIs, Agents & Governance
  • AI 303: AI for Executives β€” Cost, ROI, Security & Oversight
  • AI 401: Ethical AI
  • AI 402: AI & You
  • AI 403: The Big Picture (AGI)
  • AI 501: AI and the Economy
  • AI 502: The Future of Your Work
  • AI 503: Deepfakes, Scams & Digital Self-Defense
  • AI 504: AI & Money
  • AI 505: The Ecological Impact of AI
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Course modules

  1. Section 01: The Footprint Nobody Sees
  2. Section 02: The Power Bill: Training, Inference & the Grid
  3. Section 03: Carbon, and the Honest Counter-Fact
  4. Section 04: Thirsty Machines: Water, Land & the Neighbours
  5. Section 05: The Hardware Mountain: Chips, Minerals & E-Waste
  6. Section 06: Does Efficiency Save Us? The Jevons Trap
  7. Section 07: Escape to Orbit: The Case for Data Centers in Space
  8. Section 08: The New Costs of the Sky: Night Sky, Astronomy & Kessler
  9. Section 09: Weighing It: Tradeoffs Without a Verdict

Suggested pre-requisites

βœ“ Any one AI 2xx Applied course (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini)

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