kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIn a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt useswww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down17
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkIn a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt useswww.technologyreview.comkinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareMaaji@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoOh, sorry I forgot that data centers were just invented. Thanks for the reminder!
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoNo you’re right, they built the first one, all the demand that could ever be needed is covered by it, and there’s no reason to ever build any more.
minus-squareMaaji@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoYet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. It’s almost like there’s some new, uniquely power-hungry demand that’s driving this that’s sprung up in the last 5 or so years…
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago Yet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. Never?
Oh, sorry I forgot that data centers were just invented. Thanks for the reminder!
No you’re right, they built the first one, all the demand that could ever be needed is covered by it, and there’s no reason to ever build any more.
Yet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. It’s almost like there’s some new, uniquely power-hungry demand that’s driving this that’s sprung up in the last 5 or so years…
Never?