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Definitely not anything close to gigawatts: ALL of Google (not DeepMind, but the entire company) uses only about 260 megawatts. Probably on the order of one me

by Bud 11y ago

Definitely not anything close to gigawatts: ALL of Google (not DeepMind, but the entire company) uses only about 260 megawatts. Probably on the order of one megawatt or so. http://inhabitat.com/infographic-how-much-energy-does-google-use/ http://inhabitat.com/infographic-how-much-energy-does-google...

Tempest1981 11y ago
Still, wow! And a human is using 100W or so: (~400 max) https://sustainability.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2012/07/31/understanding-energy-part-1/ https://sustainability.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2012/07/31/underst...
- zkhalique 11y ago
  And don't forget, the human grows organically from a complex system of DNA that also codes for way more than playing Go! And is able to perform a lot of tasks very efficiently, including cooperating together on open ended activities.
  - eru 11y ago
    On the other hand, they've only been working on Alphago for two years.
  - rabidrat 11y ago
    And building an AI that can play better than itself :)
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