https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/28/bill_gates_ai_power_consumption/

  • Owl [he/him]
    ·
    5 months ago

    don't worry about AI gobbling up energy, tech will adapt

    Sure there's a lot of promising research into using less power to run the same models, but that just means that the savings will be used on even bigger models.

    AI will identify ways

    Oh. Well. LMAO it is then.

    • AstroStelar [he/him]
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      that just means that the savings will be used on even bigger models.

      There's a name for that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox