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AI Impact Database
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Database topicUses

Occupations

One person's AI use over a working year, occupation by occupation, with the tasks that make it up.

The lowest of the 20 occupations and activitiesSecondary school pupil, 1 year150gCO2eper pupil, 1 year, servers worldwide× 22The heaviestVideographer, 1 year3.4kgCO2eper person, 1 year

Emissions of one year of use, 20 occupations and activities

Teaching and studies3 occupations and activities

  1. Secondary school pupil150 gCO2e
  2. Teacher260 gCO2e
  3. Student490 gCO2e

Customer relations and field work3 occupations and activities

  1. Field worker220 gCO2e
  2. Sales representative660 gCO2e
  3. Customer account manager960 gCO2e

Office and administration5 occupations and activities

  1. Human resources330 gCO2e
  2. Manager or executive370 gCO2e
  3. Accountant380 gCO2e
  4. Office worker590 gCO2e
  5. Executive assistant630 gCO2e

Writing, analysis and consulting5 occupations and activities

  1. Lawyer520 gCO2e
  2. Researcher680 gCO2e
  3. Communications officer800 gCO2e
  4. Consultant970 gCO2e
  5. Journalist2.1 kgCO2e

Visual and video creation2 occupations and activities

  1. Graphic designer1.4 kgCO2e
  2. Videographer22 times "Secondary school pupil"3.4 kgCO2e

Development and data2 occupations and activities

  1. Data scientist1.5 kgCO2e
  2. Developer2 kgCO2e
Linear scale. Default settings of each entry, over the life cycle. Servers worldwide. Calculation of the AI Impact Database of Projet Celsius.

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20 entries, each with its entry page: composition, assumptions and sources. With no named source, the value is a calculation of the database.

Occupations and activities

Office and administration5

Writing, analysis and consulting5

Development and data2

Visual and video creation2

Customer relations and field work3

Teaching and studies3

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Database topicBenchmarks for comparisonPrevious topicThe 6 entriesDatabase topicPersonal use and subscriptionsNext topicThe 11 entriesDatabase topicOrganisations and servicesThe 18 entries

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The reference chartsFrom the pollution of each AI to the electricity used by data centres, each with its data and sources.See the chartsWorld mapsCarbon intensity of electricity, low-carbon share, water stress, country by country.Explore the mapsThe calculation toolsEstimate the footprint of your uses, compare the country of the servers, browse the orders of magnitude.Open the tools

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