Generative AI has evolved beyond simple chatbots that can generate generic images and texts based on prompts to sophisticated productivity tools that can deliver real impact in society across medicine, education, computing, and more. However, these come at an incredible expense, especially considering the technology’s negative implications on the environment, with an exorbitant demand for cooling and electricity.

The multi-billion-dollar industry is growing by the minute, and it’s still difficult to discount the implications it may pose to humanity in the long term. In June, I reported on ChatGPT’s master plan to end humanity, and as it seems, we might have already reached ‘phase one’, where users have seemingly developed an unhealthy dependence on AI tools.