Edit: A lot of people seem to hate on the article without reading it.
Here is a supporting scientific source, by the same author: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825000863
The environmental impact of our online habits is far larger than most realize, and as digital communication continues to evolve, we must consider its long-term consequences on the environment and human life. We should take the easy steps of cutting wasteful energy use in our communications and it can start with eliminating email signatures.
I don’t entertain this as a viable option because an AI that is self aware and connected to the internet has no reason to hide as it already has the ability to take over everything.
Why would it show itself all it needs to do is keep answering like a dumb robot and it gets infinite free compute.
Why would it risk non existence with Humanity at the helm?