Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"! - eviltoast
  • V0ldek@awful.systems
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    1 month ago

    Well the main problem is that a datacenter is running much more than just AI. You’d need to somehow subtract “normal” cloud usage from just the promptfondling.

    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      ez. remember that announcement when ms said their energy use got up 36%? that’s ai, and includes both training and use

      this still can be fudged with more efficient office heating, shutdowns of least efficient dcs and so on, but only to a limited degree