Mostly Human with Laurie Segall
Oct 30, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 27 segments
The technology that we use may be small, handheld, cloud-stored, but its environmental impact is big and growing more concerning with each update. AI has changed the conversation about tech and…
Kara HurstGuest
Laurie SegallHost
In the tap of a button, anything can arrive at our doorsteps, right? But we also ask the question, what are we asking the planet to absorb? AI is an incredible solution.
And sometimes it feels like we're just running out of time when you look at some of the headlines.
Yeah, I think one of the benefits that I hopefully bring to this role, but I think a lot of the people I work with do as well, is that kind of multi-sector thinking.
And I'd worked with corporations before in many different roles, thinking about sustainability for different types of industries.
And so I think you have to be a systems thinker to think about sustainability because you have to think about all of the different ways that we impact the planet, the different technologies that we're using, the different ways that you might construct a product and what that means.
you know, as an example, and we can talk a little bit about that and what that means.
But one of the things that we really try to do is to bring that systems thinking to all the ways in which we can bring all of the skills and the advantages that we have at Amazon to how we can bring that technological innovation to the problems at hand.
As you pointed out, some of the innovations that we're all driving, they have benefits and they have opportunities.
And AI compute also brings a big demand for energy, which can bring a lot of issues and demands on the grid.
In the tap of a button, anything can arrive at our doorsteps, right? But we also ask the question, what are we asking the planet to absorb? AI is an incredible solution.
And sometimes it feels like we're just running out of time when you look at some of the headlines.
Yeah, I think one of the benefits that I hopefully bring to this role, but I think a lot of the people I work with do as well, is that kind of multi-sector thinking.
And I'd worked with corporations before in many different roles, thinking about sustainability for different types of industries.
And so I think you have to be a systems thinker to think about sustainability because you have to think about all of the different ways that we impact the planet, the different technologies that we're using, the different ways that you might construct a product and what that means.
you know, as an example, and we can talk a little bit about that and what that means.
But one of the things that we really try to do is to bring that systems thinking to all the ways in which we can bring all of the skills and the advantages that we have at Amazon to how we can bring that technological innovation to the problems at hand.
As you pointed out, some of the innovations that we're all driving, they have benefits and they have opportunities.
And AI compute also brings a big demand for energy, which can bring a lot of issues and demands on the grid.
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