Good to know. Doesn't help that the current administration in the USA is actively hostile to renewable energy, which would offset this problem significantly if we hurried up and built out renewables at a much faster rate.
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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
(www.technologyreview.com)
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tl;dr: It's alarmingly large and rapidly growing.
I wonder where all the money is coming from. It's got to run out at some point.
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Nixon way back in the 70s decoupled the dollar from gold, it’s been coke snorting ever since.
Helps that not a single teacher dares to explain where money actually comes from.
Tldr; it’s never running out. This hype needs to survive till the next’s hype is ready.
I appreciate that they make the key point that AI is definitely here to stay. It's not about stopping it, it's about dealing with the fallout of the switch. To do that we need solid data.
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