Artificial Intelligence and the Dual Paradoxes: Examining the Interplay of Efficiency, Resource Consumption, and Labor Dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10503v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:10:02 GMT
• Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Dual Paradoxes: Examining the Interplay of Efficiency, Resource Consumption, and Labor Dynamics
• Authors: Mfon Akpan, Adeyemi Adebayo,
• Abstract summary: We explore the impact of AI on energy consumption, human labor roles, and hybrid roles widespread human labor replacement.<n>Findings suggest that AI increases energy consumption and has impacted human labor roles to a minimal extent, considering that its applicability is limited to some tasks that require human judgment.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Artificial Intelligence's (AI) rapid development and growth not only transformed industries but also fired up important debates about its impacts on employment, resource allocation, and the ethics involved in decision-making. It serves to understand how changes within an industry will be able to influence society with that change. Advancing AI technologies will create a dual paradox of efficiency, greater resource consumption, and displacement of traditional labor. In this context, we explore the impact of AI on energy consumption, human labor roles, and hybrid roles widespread human labor replacement. We used mixed methods involving qualitative and quantitative analyses of data identified from various sources. Findings suggest that AI increases energy consumption and has impacted human labor roles to a minimal extent, considering that its applicability is limited to some tasks that require human judgment. In this context, the

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