Diagram contrasting the ambient narrative of AI as firefighter and arsonist, set aside, with a decision arbitration body surrounded by several axes of value including a dotted carbon axis, above a band showing architecture decision records, fitness functions and runways

AI is not the arsonist

Green IT series — Article 3/4 I have a weather station at home. It gives me temperature, pressure, humidity and the variations of the last few hours. With that, I have a fair idea of tomorrow’s weather — and if I am unsure, a dozen outlets publish the forecast for free. And yet the question of tomorrow’s weather is put to generative AI thousands of times a day. Systems which must analyse everything before answering. ...

September 9, 2026 · 15 min · Laurence Poussard