> If AI winter comes, we at least get to keep the powerplants and receive clean power for decades. When the AI winter comes, it’s not going to mean the energy

> If AI winter comes, we at least get to keep the powerplants and receive clean power for decades. When the AI winter comes, it’s not going to mean the energy devoted to AI applications decreases, it’ll mean the perception of rapid future expansion in profits fueling VC interest in AI goes away. It’s not like we cut back the aggregate energy cohsumption of systems running, say, rule-based expert systems during the last AI winter.