AI Usage, Prompting Habits & Environmental Awareness

This survey explores how people interact with AI tools, the effort involved in getting useful responses, and awareness of AI's environmental impact. Responses will inform research into improving AI interactions.

Section 1: Your AI Usage

1. How often do you use AI tools?

Multiple times a day

A few times a week

Less than once a week

2. Which AI tools do you use regularly?

(Select all that apply.)

Section 2: Prompting & Time

3. For a typical task requiring a tailored response, how many messages do you send to the AI before you're satisfied?

(Include your initial message.)

4. Think about your most recent AI conversation that required clarification or refinement. How many messages did you send in total?

5. For that conversation, approximately how long did you spend writing your initial prompt?

Less than 15 seconds

More than 2 minutes

6. Approximately how much total time did you spend writing follow-up messages in that conversation?

Less than 30 seconds

30 seconds–1 minute

More than 3 minutes

7. What were the main reasons you sent follow-up messages?

(Select up to three.)

The AI misunderstood me

I forgot to include important details

It missed instructions or constraints

The answer was incomplete or inaccurate

I needed a different tone, length or format

I changed or refined my requirements

I wanted to explore an idea further

I needed to ask a necessary follow-up question

8. How often do you repeat instructions or correct misunderstandings during AI conversations?

Section 3: Environmental Awareness

9. Before this survey, how aware were you of the environmental impacts of AI?

I'd heard about them but knew little

10. Which environmental impacts of AI had you heard about?

(Select all that apply.)

Electricity consumption

Greenhouse gas emissions

Water use, including data-centre cooling

Hardware manufacturing and electronic waste

11. Has AI's environmental impact ever influenced how you use AI tools?

Yes, significantly

I've considered it but haven't changed my behaviour

I wasn't aware of the issue before

12. Would you like to learn more about AI's environmental impact?

Aero is a tool designed for platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. It aims to help users formulate better initial prompts and reduce avoidable back-and-forth during conversations, while still allowing useful exploration and refinement.

13. How useful does a tool like Aero sound to you?

14. Which potential benefit would matter most to you?

Spending less time writing prompts

Sending fewer corrective follow-ups

Repeating fewer instructions

Getting a usable result sooner

Maintaining context throughout a conversation

15. What would most influence whether you tried Aero?

Evidence that it works

Compatibility with my AI tools

I wouldn't use a tool like this