melroy@kbin.melroy.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers
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4 months agoOnly they called it “estimates”
Only they called it “estimates”
Well… the numbers were from Wired: https://wired.me/science/energy/ai-vs-bitcoin-mining-energy/
ow nevermind, bitcoin mining alone is consuming 112.31 TWh annually (it’s a guess). While AI is using 29.2 TWh annually (also a guess).
And then people were complaining about cryptocurrencies… Look at this AI joke… Come on…
this has been posted 3 days ago on various other magazines
What can go wrong?
I’m afraid the power needs for AI will also not decrease. Even if individual models become more efficient and the hardware become more AI optimized. The next logical step is to run even more if those AIs as agents and creating huge chain of thoughts… So no, ai power usage will increase.