It's easy to buy into the marketing of artificial intelligence technologies, which cast them as gateways towards limitless futuristic possibilities.

But the technology consumes a lot of energy resources, and left unchecked, will cause irreversible, long term environmental damage.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Dr. Benjamin Lee, Ph. D., Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania.