Is anyone surprised? "researchers estimates that the training of GPT-3, which ChatGPT is partly based on, consumed 1,287 MWh, and led to emissions of more than 550 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent" https://www.wired.com/story/the-generative-ai-search-race-has-a-dirty-secret/ #climatechange #AI
The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret

Integrating large language models into search engines could mean a fivefold increase in computing power and huge carbon emissions.

WIRED
@peterroopnarine nobody should be surprised, really. The “scale up!” paradigm that has prevailed in the last few decades has lead to a dominant strain in engineering, in which brute force approaches are not only the first, but even the only used to tackle (real or perceived) problems. This form of “AI” (yes, these are “George Santos” quotes) are merely the next burp in that gluttenous scheme towards annihilation.