What is the future for AI?

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The current state of AI requires massive infrastructure and consumes enormous amounts of power and consumable water, so much so that new grids and systems are being put in place to satisfy these requirements.

This approach doesn't exactly seem sustainable and with AI getting more and more integrated into society, it seems the need for some alternative approach is needed.

How do you see this change happening? Could there be a new branch of mathematics that makes compute faster/cheaper? Development of new materials? Quantum computing?