> In other words, Deep Learning's growing need for computing power seems to have reached a point at which it is now motivating fundamental research to find gree

> In other words, Deep Learning's growing need for computing power seems to have reached a point at which it is now motivating fundamental research to find greener, cheaper, more energy-efficient hardware I don't doubt we will find more frugal hardware energy wise, but calling it greener is somewhat dishonest. > The economic incentives are very powerful: […] Precisely, a technology is not green in itself, it depends on its use within society, and as you pointed out, we are talking about a race here. So the solution is not merely technological, there is some policy and/or societal change to make this greener. Otherwise we are just going to red-queen ourselves into Jevons paradox.