Generative AI has transformed industries, but its soaring energy demands present a significant challenge. This article explores how Africa can turn this energy dilemma into a sustainable opportunity for growth.
It’s 2022, and generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has officially arrived in the mainstream zeitgeist.
While it looks very different to its early blockbuster portrayals (remember the malevolent supercomputer HAL of 2001: A Space Odyssey or the tech-paranoia of Black Mirror?), it is surprisingly far more useful than the bots we’ve become accustomed to.
But…it talks a lot but doesn’t always offer much of substance. It makes mistakes. And while we may dabble here and there out of curiosity, it’s more a novelty than an everyday thing.
Fast forward to 2026, and in under four years AI has gotten smarter and found its way into just about every profession, across just about every sector.
