Many organizations face escalating costs as employees, often unaware of AI’s metered resource consumption, use generative AI tools without understanding the underlying token economics. To foster responsible AI adoption, it’s crucial to educate teams about AI’s real-world costs and environmental impact, treating it as a resource similar to electricity, but only after initial experimentation and learning have taken root. Barbara Roos continues in this article, inspired by the Solidigm presentation at AI Field Day 8.
