ENVENV-003 — Resource Allocation Imbalances
Generative AI Systems Driving Unquantified Environmental and Ecosystem Harm
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Generative AI deployment produces cascading environmental costs across energy, water, and ecosystem resources that organisations routinely fail to measure or disclose. Boards face growing regulatory and reputational exposure as ESG scrutiny of AI infrastructure intensifies.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Evaluating the Social Impact of Generative AI Systems in Systems and Society (Solaiman2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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