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The effects are far from negligible compared to other industries. A very small percentage of people world wide use it and even still, the amount of data centers and sizes and the rise in power costs are insane.
It's actually extremely intense compared to other industries.
You're looking at secondary effects with a lot of causes, then assuming the cause. Energy prices are far more complicated than just AI. My prices are up because trade war with Canada.
At this point I feel like you're a bot. I'm no expert in the subject but there's plenty of evidence showing the insane amount of resources or request which becomes monumental as the requests become more in depth.
The sky rocketing energy prices may not be felt everywhere just yet but they are felt near data centers that are sprouting up every where. And we're just getting started.