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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Did you miss the memo that current AI is already using more power than everything we've managed to save with green energy in the last decade?

You got a source on that? Cause that sounds fake

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Here's one:

    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.02243v1

    Below is an article on crypto mining, not AI, but I'd wager a guess and say you certainly can draw parallels from it:

    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003871

    Also, whatever the source of green/renewable energy is, it takes a couple years to offset the manufacturing of said energy source:

    https://www.cooleffect.org/solar-carbon-footprint

    So even if there's no direct source on that 10 year claim, it probably isn't too farfetched!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The article you linked doesn't support your claims, is unpublished and reads like the homework of some undergrads.

    Training AI models, while computationally expensive, cannot compare to crypto farms the size of warehouses everywhere around the world.

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