* Digital maturity - Knowing how digital tools work
* Energy awareness - Computing power is not free
* Clarity of purpose - What do I really want to achieve?
* Distinguishing competence - Find or let think?
* Responsibility - for climate, resources and the future
* Courage for simplicity - Less technology can have more effect
It feels like AI is increasingly replacing simple search queries, often for queries where this is completely unnecessary. At the same time, AI requires many times more energy.
👩🍳 Preparation
1. understanding what is happening in the background
A classic web search uses existing indexes.
An AI search, on the other hand, generates each answer anew - with high computing effort.
👉 An AI request can be 10 to 40 times more energy than a simple search.
2. check your own search reason
Ask yourself a simple question before every request:
Do I want to find something - or do I want to understand, develop or decide something?
Promptly aware:
- before promptly clarifying exactly what I need.
- Be precise instead of polite. No "thank you" or "please" in response
- Bundle context: rather one good complete request than many small questions
- Structure before length: give clear instructions, e.g. role, task, desired format
3. consciously reduce language - politeness also costs energy
Process AI models every single word.
Even seemingly harmless additives such as
"please", "can you", "thank you", "dear AI"
are calculated in full.
👉 You do not improve the result,
👉 them but consume additional computing power - and therefore energy.
🔥 Serving tip
Not every question needs artificial intelligence -
But every decision requires awareness.
🌍 Effective for the following SDGs
This recipe supports:
SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure
SDG 12 - Sustainable consumption and production patterns
SDG 13 - Climate action
Have fun cooking!
Anyone who has tried or modified the recipe, feel free to comment!
This recipe is from Frank Brown