Gebru's estimates of AI energy consumption were adopted from Strubell. Strubell's estimates of AI energy consumption are ridiculous and according to David Patte

Gebru's estimates of AI energy consumption were adopted from Strubell. Strubell's estimates of AI energy consumption are ridiculous and according to David Patterson range from 88x to 10000x high. My humble opinion on the affair is that the conflict between Gebru and the rest of the company arose from Gebru's refusal to use the best and most comprehensive information on AI energy consumption, that is what they had access to firsthand as a privilege of being a Google insider.