We’re doing AI all wrong. Here’s how to get it right | Sasha Luccioni

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Artificial intelligence is changing everything — but at what cost? AI sustainability expert Sasha Luccioni exposes how tech companies' massive data centers are burning through energy and wrecking the planet. She introduces a powerful alternative: small but mighty AI models that could flip the script and make the technology smarter, fairer and sustainable.

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0:00.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:12.4	I'm your host, Elise Hume.
0:14.3	Sometimes it seems like it's all anyone can talk about.
0:17.2	Will AI help to transform the future of humanity for the better, or will it bring
0:22.6	about the end of humanity as we know it? For AI sustainability expert Sasha Lucioni, those
0:28.3	questions missed the point. In her talk, she shares why she believes we're currently doing AI wrong
0:33.8	at the expense of people and our fragile planet, showinging why we must make decisions with sustainability in mind,
0:41.3	she paints a picture of a future in which AI is used for the sake of all humanity and the planet,
0:48.3	and not just a select few.
0:55.0	Revolutionizing science, turbocharging productivity, even solving climate change.
1:00.5	AI has been promised to transform the future of humanity.
1:05.0	Or it's set to bring about the end of humanity as we know it.
1:09.4	It really depends on who you ask.
1:12.6	In my opinion, both of these statements are wrong,
1:15.6	and what they do is they distract us from the real issue at hand.
1:18.6	We're doing AI wrong at the expense of people and the planet.
1:22.6	As it stands, a handful of large corporations
1:26.6	are using huge capital
1:28.1	to sell us large language models, or LLMs,
1:31.1	as the solution to all of our problems.
1:34.2	Possibly because they think that they'll bring about superintelligence,
1:37.8	emotional intelligence,
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