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When I first learned about Jevons Paradox, I thought of what a colleague once told me: "I believe that low-power neuromorphic chips is one way computational neu
by martopix 3y ago
When I first learned about Jevons Paradox, I thought of what a colleague once told me: "I believe that low-power neuromorphic chips is one way computational neuroscience can help use less fossil fuels by reducing the power consumption of AI". Because of the paradox, I now believe that the effect would rather be to make small AI devices more widespread instead, with no impact on total power consumption.
- pixl97 3y agoAt the end of the day Earth has a thermodynamic budget in order not to experience run away heating. Moving to things like fusion may delay the global warming caused by carbon, but our hunger for more energy will eventually lead to energy use beyond what we can radiate away. Hopefully, 1, we get to the point we have to worry about that. And 2, we'll have cheap and easy access to space where we can move entropy intensive processes away from the planet.