Category: AI and Society
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AI Governance is an Illusion Without Climate Governance
At What Point Does AI Infrastructure Expansion Become a Climate Crisis? By 2030, AI data centers will consume 945 terawatt-hours annually, generating 220 million tons of CO₂. This is equivalent to Japan’s annual electricity requirement, and to the entire aviation industry’s carbon footprint. So why has AI infrastructure almost completely evaded climate governance. An oversight?… Read.
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Cyber Crises: AI Risks, Black Box Vulnerabilities & Global Readiness
The cyber crises is upon us. But Are we ready? Global cybersecurity remains fragile despite decades of warnings. In 2010, Richard Clarke’s Cyber War mapped cyberspace’s vulnerabilities and defences; by 2021, Eric Cole’s The Cyber Crisis declared everyone a target in an interconnected world. Exactly how industries and affluent populations have routinely dismissed such alarms, AI risks around biases,… Read.
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Voices, Geography, and Environment: Responsible AI is Incomplete Without Global Justice
Reviewing how intersectional approaches can move AI from performative policy to transformative practice by restoring the essence of feminism as holistic equity at scale that’s rooted in lived realities rather than rhetoric. Read.
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The Authenticity Gap: Prioritizing Credentialism & Losing Sight of What Matters Most
This essay examines how empathy and systems thinking—once natural human strengths—are now being commodified through certification, worsening inequality and eroding authenticity in workplaces driven by credentialism. Read.
Bhavyatta Bhardwaj 