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Energy use for AI is interesting due to exponential growth. Most energy spent by these companies falls under existing categories like office HVAC which isn’t g
by Retric 3y ago
Energy use for AI is interesting due to exponential growth. Most energy spent by these companies falls under existing categories like office HVAC which isn’t going to change much globally.
However AI as an emerging technology could quickly go from irrelevance to significant in a fairly short period and some lead time before the actual impact is useful.
- 2024throwaway 3y agoWould knowing the energy use of an ai product influence you to use it less than if you didn’t know? Or is it simply a curiosity? If the latter, this regulation seems useless and performative.
- Retric 3y agoMy point is not about users but the electric grid. You need to start planning capacity long before the actual demand shows up.
- blackbear_ 3y agoEnergy use is obviously related to carbon emissions, which as you may have heard we would like to reduce.
- jl6 3y agoIt's related, but consider that tech companies are close to the forefront of sourcing renewable energy compared to other industries, and AI has the potential to supplant higher-emissions activity, so it may be a false economy if regulation has the effect of constraining AI development in the name of saving energy.