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Perfomance & AI Day • Nov 27, 2025

Fireside Chat: AI and Sustainability - Thorsten Jonas

Thorsten Jonas argues that generative AI is accelerating digital waste, leaving 90% of internet data unused. Learn how intentional UX friction can break these addictive auto-consumption loops.

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#1 about 5 min

Sustainable UX and digital environmental impact

How the design of digital products and unused hosted data contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions.

#2 about 3 min

Questioning the enterprise data hoarding mentality

Reevaluating the legacy strategy of storing all data indefinitely versus prioritizing cold storage and deliberate deletion.

#3 about 11 min

Generative AI and social engagement loops

Combining artificial intelligence media generation with short-form video platforms creates harmful algorithmic consumption feedback cycles.

#4 about 5 min

Rethinking productivity metrics and automation efficiency

Assessing whether AI-driven productivity improvements actually create more time for workers or just increase output demands.

#5 about 3 min

Evaluating AI comprehension and output quality

Why large language models excel at mimicking human patterns but often produce inaccurate system summaries and flawed content.

#6 about 6 min

Externalized computing costs of AI scaling

The invisible strain that unchecked generative modeling queries and iterative content creation put on local power delivery infrastructures.

#7 about 6 min

Machine learning applications beyond generative AI

Exploring valuable neural network use cases like climate modeling and medical diagnostics that provide concrete societal improvements.

#8 about 6 min

Designing positive UX friction and transparency

Implementing architectural friction and environmental impact disclaimers to help users make informed software consumption choices.

#9 about 10 min

Preserving analog perspectives in system design

Maintaining historical context and platform transparency to prevent centralized ecosystem paradigms from becoming unquestionable defaults.

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Distinguishing between sustainability by software and in software

Hendrik Lösch Hendrik Lösch · World Congress 2024

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Balancing human-centric AI collaboration with environmental sustainability practices

Madalena Costa Madalena Costa · World Congress 2024

3:03 min

Addressing developer burnout and the perceived value of AI

Loredana Crisan Loredana Crisan +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:11 min

The shift from predictable UX to adaptive AI experiences

Madalena Costa Madalena Costa · Europe 2026 Virtual

2:47 min

Balancing pragmatism and dogmatism regarding AI generated creative output

Loredana Crisan Loredana Crisan +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:31 min

Evaluating the environmental cost of AI and vibe coding

Bjorna Kalaja · Coffee With Developers

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