by allisonganz | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post 7 - AI |
In the YouTube video How AI Uses Our Drinking Water, they explain how much water AI systems require. I knew data centers used a lot of water, but I didn’t understand why. Now I know that it’s mainly for cooling, and AI is using so much energy that the systems...
by Miranda (they/them) | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post 6 - Economics |
Zone 2: Addiction and the Dopamine Economy The two examples that came to mind for this zone were the poem “It was the Damn Phones” and the documentary “The Social Delima”. It is important for social workers to think deliberately about the impact of websites and apps...
by koriej | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post 7 - AI |
1. BBC Video on AI Water Use I genuinely didn’t know how much water AI systems use, especially the fact that massive amounts of clean water are needed just to cool data centers. I had heard about AI’s energy use, but not the water footprint. The BBC wanted to...
by cbrown0815 | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post 7 - AI |
After going through the readings and the BBC video, the biggest thing that stuck with me is how AI is impacting way more than I expected. The Medium article talked about the “social contract” breaking because technology is advancing faster than our ability to manage...
by Ally | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post 7 - AI |
Before I read “Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath:”, I had not considered how other technological advances have wiped out jobs in the past, but how AI is also different. Other inventions created opportunities for new jobs, but as AI advances and begins to do...
