No, your AI prompts aren’t causing an energy crisis

What AI really costs to run Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code tunnelvision at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/tunnelvision Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/begin I’ve had a question stuck in my head lately: how much energy does it actually take to use an AI chatbot? With so much attention on the environmental impact of AI data centers, I wanted to understand what that means on an individual level. I assumed there’d be a simple answer — but the deeper I went, the blurrier things became. So I talked to researchers, dug through the data, and tried to make sense of what all our prompting really adds up to. And along the way, I stumbled into a much bigger story — one that’s less about any single query, and more about the world being built to power them all. Hello and welcome! Tunnel Vision is a new independent video news show that dives deep into mysteries from all corners of the internet. With a commitment to transparency, we pull back the curtain on the journalistic process, emphasizing the journey of discovery rather than simply presenting the final answer. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: @christophe Check out our other channels: Johnny Harris: / @johnnyharris Sam Ellis’s Search Party: / ⁨@SearchParty⁩ Max Fisher's The Bigger Picture: / @maxfisher All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tomfoxcatalog About: Christophe Haubursin is a journalist and video creator. Before launching Tunnel Vision he worked at Vox.com for 8 years, where he made videos for Vox’s YouTube channel, hosted the show Glad You Asked, and produced on the Netflix series Explained. He lives in Brooklyn. Got story ideas or tips? Reach out to the team at: christopheytchannel@gmail.com