This one-hour seminar interrogates the ethical, environmental, and social concerns of current modes of artificial intelligence through a Digital Humanities lens. While generative AI is presented as a paradigm shift for research, education, and everyday life, it also comes at a huge cost due to its extensive resource extraction and dehumanization as a digital and physical form of colonialism. In this hour together, we’ll look at how these conversations are shaped by the field of Digital Humanities, including the minimal computing movement, and consider our local context. We will explore both thoughtful and pragmatic ways to critically use AI and find alternative, less harmful tools and processes in our work.