Energy availability at this point appears (to me at least) to be practically infinite. In the sense that it is technically finite but not for any definition of

Energy availability at this point appears (to me at least) to be practically infinite. In the sense that it is technically finite but not for any definition of the word that is meaningful for Earth or humans at this stage. I don't see our current energy production scaling to meet the demands of AI. I see a lot of signals that most AI players feel the same. From where I'm sitting, AI is already accelerating energy generation to meet demand. If your goal is to convert the planet to clean energy, AI seems like one of the most effective engines for doing that. It's going to drive the development of new technologies (like small modular nuclear reactors) pushing down the cost of construction and ownership. Strongly suspect that, in 50 years, the new energy tech that AI drives development of will have rendered most of our current energy infrastructure worthless. We will abandon current forms of energy production not because they were "bad" but because they were rendered inefficient.