Peter GleickOct 13, 2023

So AI may destroy the planet, but not the way you were thinking.

#energy
#climatechange

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-electricity-use-spiking-power-entire-country

AI's Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It'll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country

Alex de Vries, a data scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, found that AI companies could soon use as much power as a country worldwide.

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@petergleick Use solar and other green energy.
Oct 15, 2023 at 6:38amWeb
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@petergleick Even without batteries money could still be saved when the sun is shining not including initial set up (solar) costs.