"Split this bill among 5 people and calculate how much each of us owe"
It may not have been the intention of developers of generative artificial intelligence, but going by these prompts it has, over the years, turned into an intrinsic part of a person's daily life.
Somewhere along the line, "just Google it" started turning into "just ChatGPT (or insert the name of your favourite Gen Al application here) it."

But what is its cost
The fact that Al, and more specifically, the data centres that support Al, consume a mammoth amount of power and water is very well known. It is a point of contention and discussion in power corridors - both in governments, Silicon Valley and closer home, in India's private tech ecosystem.
And in India, where still more than half of the country is agrarian facing, and naturally, is dependent on the vagaries and whims of climate (change) especially for water, it is a problem that needs solving. And fast