The field of artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, driven by significant progress in hardware and the exponential growth of computing power. But does this advancement come at an environmental cost, or does it offer assistance? It's both.

On the environmental cost side, consider this: studies reveal that Google's AlphaGo Zero, an AI that learns by playing the game of Go against itself, generated 96 tons of carbon dioxide during 40 days of research training. To put this in perspective, it's equivalent to the emissions from 1,000 hours of air travel.

While analytical artificial intelligence delves into data analysis and pattern recognition across various domains, generative artificial intelligence stands out by crafting novel content, whether it's poetry, product design, gaming, or code generation.

The pace of generative AI advancement is accelerating, often accompanied by reduced costs, resulting in content that rivals or surpasses human creation. This phenomenon is reshaping industries requiring creativity, spanning from social media and gaming to coding, graphics, advertising, architecture, product design, legal, marketing, and business.