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An "average" Qatari consumes 1160x more energy than a Somalian. An average American consumes 84x more energy than a Nepali, and so on... [1] There will be 10 b
by curious_cat_163 2y ago
An "average" Qatari consumes 1160x more energy than a Somalian. An average American consumes 84x more energy than a Nepali, and so on... [1]
There will be 10 billion of us on this planet by ~ 2050. [2]
We might need more energy efficient AI, if everyone is joining the AI party... Please tell me that someone on this hallowed site is working on this. :-)
[1] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/energy-consumption-per-capita/country-comparison/ https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/energy-consumpt...
[2] https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/stories/world-population-will-continue-to-grow.html https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicator...
- ben_w 2y agoLoads of people here are. Off the top of my head: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30780455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30780455 and https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/helion-energy https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/helion-energy
- curious_cat_163 2y agoThose are more for the supply part of the equation. I was thinking of reducing demand. I don't think that the energy needs that will emanate from "AI" stop at LLM training/inference. I think this recent burst of demand is a starting point.