Training language models does not contribute in any meaningful way to global CO2 emissions. Google consumes a vast amount of energy: "10.6 terawatt hours in 20

Training language models does not contribute in any meaningful way to global CO2 emissions. Google consumes a vast amount of energy: "10.6 terawatt hours in 2018, up from 2.86 terawatt hours in 2011."[1] If training and retraining models is a significant and inefficient part of google's energy consumption, the point doesn't seem insignificant(edit: The most advanced AI model involve as much as computing and energy any programs ever created [2], btw). I'm biased by the impression Google's actual search results haven't improved very much but I don't think I'm alone in that impression. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumption-of-google/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumptio... [2] https://openai.com/blog/ai-and-compute/ https://openai.com/blog/ai-and-compute/