Can We Train AI To Think Green?

On this World Environment Day, let's ask a question no one taught us to ask in school—can a machine built for logic learn to care for life?

- Abhishek Anand

We've trained AI to beat humans at chess, predict your next Netflix binge, and finish your sentences (even the awkward ones). But here's a challenge far more urgent and far less explored: Can we train AI to protect a planet it doesn't live on?

As we celebrate World Environment Day 2025, the spotlight isn't just on melting glaciers or rising CO2 levels. It's on the invisible force driving the next phase of humanity's evolution—and potentially, its extinction: Artificial Intelligence.

The Irony At The Heart Of Progress
The irony is hard to ignore. AI is being championed as a tool for sustainability—optimizing energy usage, predicting climate disasters, monitoring biodiversity. And yet, training a single AI model can consume as much electricity as a small city and generate tens of tons of carbon emissions.

So while AI may write your environment pledge, it might also silently be melting the ice caps behind the scenes.

We're building machines to save the world... but not asking what kind of world they're being built to save.

But Wait—What If It Could Learn?
AI isn't evil. It's not good either.

It's a mirror. It reflects what we feed it, what we reward, and what we ignore.