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Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)
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[–] kromem 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. The difference between a cached response and a live one even for non-AI queries is an OOM difference.

At this point, a lot of people just care about the 'feel' of anti-AI articles even if the substance is BS though.

And then people just feed whatever gets clicks and shares.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Googles tpu can't handle llm's lol. What do you mean "exactly"?

[–] kromem 4 points 5 months ago

In fact, Gemini was trained on, and is served, using TPUs.

Google said its TPUs allow Gemini to run “significantly faster” than earlier, less-capable models.

Did you think Google's only TPUs are the ones in the Pixel phones, and didn't know that they have server TPUs?