Welcome to “Mother Earth is Sending the Invoice”

The AI Bill is an investigative podcast for Business students, early-career professionals, companies and basically everyone who uses AI in their daily lives. We have been using AI for the smallest of tasks but nobody asks the question: Is this Ethical? Is this having an impact on the planet? On our minds? The series of episodes will follow everyday business decisions to their wider consequences – energy demand, water use, data-center infrastructure and corporate social responsibility. These sub-topics will explore the bigger questions such as: Who carries the cost? What this means for future generations? How is the ecosystem being affected? Mass extinction of wildlife caused by humans? Etc. We will also explore options for ethical and sustainable use of AI.

Partner: Career Copilot

Meet the Product Managers

• Tahadil Umaiya Anab
• Aanya Malhotra
• Deborah Umobong
• Jasleen Kaur
• Raeyna Wycoco
• Tithi Parikh

Episode 01: Opening the Bill

Episode One follows the workplace decisions introduced in Episode Zero beyond the screen. It investigates how unmanaged or poorly overseen AI use contributes to electricity demand, water consumption, and possible harm to wildlife and what those pressures mean for ecosystems, communities, and future generations. Within the wider human-driven biodiversity and climate crisis, it asks whether constant AI expansion is necessary, and where businesses or even individuals can set meaningful limits. The episode examines selective use, human oversight, stronger policies, and lower-impact computing as possible routes toward more ethical, environmentally responsible coexistence.

Guests:

• Pasindu Joseph Jayasundara – Marketing Specialist, BMW Toronto
• Amaan Ali Sayed – Sales Business Analyst, General Motors

Episode Zero: A bill just got sent- by who?

AI is becoming an expectation on the job, but are employees being prepared to use it responsibly? With Amaan Ali Sayed and Pasindu Joseph Jayasundara, this teaser explores workplace pressure to adopt AI and the gap between extensive corporate training and guidance on its ethical use. The conversation asks what employees should know about privacy, bias, accuracy, accountability, and environmental costs before reaching for an AI tool. Drawing on the guests’ professional perspectives, the episode asks what responsible adoption should look like in practice.

Guests:

• Amaan Ali Sayed – Sales Business Analyst, General Motors
• Pasindu Joseph Jayasundara – Marketing Specialist, BMW Toronto