> Surely, like everything else in tech, this too shall pass. I expect power requirements to fall away since there is no doubt strong incentives to do so. Halvi

> Surely, like everything else in tech, this too shall pass. I expect power requirements to fall away since there is no doubt strong incentives to do so. Halving power requirements is only a net gain if demand isn't doubled. Unfortunately, using less power means cheaper service, so demand will increase, and not necessarily smoothly. If there is a massive use case for which AI is currently too expensive, simply moving under that threshold could decuple demand -- a small efficiency gain leading to a giant spike in total energy use.