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the nice thing about ai's energy usage is that no one complains about bitcoin's energy usage anymore. (i'm kidding, people still complain.)

• Centigonal 2y ago
  Actually -- and this is insane -- the amount of electricity required to train DeepSeek-V3 would power the Bitcoin network for all of 5 minutes. DeepSeek would have to fully train a brand new V3 every week to approach the kinds of power consumption numbers that individual bitcoin mining facilities are doing. The energy use from BTC is ludicrous. (I'm assuming 155 TWh/yr for Bitcoin, using the low-end estimate from here: https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/energy/bitcoin-electricity-consumption-comparable-to-that-of-poland/ https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/energy/bit... )
  • amelius 2y ago
    If the energy of Bitcoin was diverted to AI, we would have AGI now. Maybe we should be thankful.
    • jononor 2y ago
      Satoshi is Sarah Connor?? That explains.
    • GTP 2y ago
      There's nothing backing this claim.
      • mystified5016 2y ago
        Whoosh