Who else feels as though each passing year since the doldrums of 2020 has evaporated exponentially faster than the one before? It makes sense if we consider the fact that pandemic times forced the global community to pivot on a daily basis, the politically charged social climate has deepened divisions on seemingly every talking point, and technology – especially AI – has evolved at a rate that no human is designed to comprehend or keep up with.
To follow up on the last Sound Waves with a friendly reminder, AI is not only contributing to the climate crisis at an…
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