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Trying to reduce energy consumption for ML like this is so silly.
by hwers 5y ago
Trying to reduce energy consumption for ML like this is so silly.
- mlyle 5y agoTraining costs are growing exponentially bigger. The degree to which energy and capital costs can be optimized will determine how large they can go.
- thfuran 5y agoWhy?
- oblio 5y agoReducing energy consumption for computation is not silly. We're at a point we we're turning into a computation driven society and computation is becoming a globally relevant power consumption aspect. > global data centers likely consumed around 205 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2018, or 1 percent of global electricity use And that's just data centers, if you add all client devices you probably double that. Plus that number will only continue to grow.
- jychang 5y agoThat's like a person driving the Model T in 1908 saying "trying to reduce gas efficiency is so silly". Why are people so dumb when it comes to planning for the future? Does it require a 1973 oil crisis to make people concerned about potential issues? Why can't people be preventative instead of reactive? Isn't the entire point of an engineer to optimize what they're building for the good of humanity?