Quili AI

Quilicura, Chile, located in the Maipo River Basin, has become a major hub for AI data centers that use large amounts of water to cool servers, and combined with an ongoing climate crisis, Chile faces a severe drought expected to last until 2040. To make the impact visible, residents of Quilicura became "human A.I." for a day, answering prompts, creating content with local artists, and completing other tasks manually. The initiative aimed to dimensionalize a complex problem and show the real people affected by the irresponsible use of AI and its hidden cost on local water resources.