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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:
Remember my estimate that AI could require 8.7TWh per year just for Google and Bing?
https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/climate-cost-of-ai-revolution/
Well, according to estimates cited in the peer-reviewed paper "The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence" by Alex de Vries, it could be even worse, with estimates as high as 22.8 TWh/y and even 29.2 TWh/y for Google alone.