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Nobel Prize awarded to ‘godfather of AI’ who warned it could wipe out humanity (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma to c/technology

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[–] slaacaa 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean it’s definitely helping, but not in the way I imagined. It is becoming a major driver of CO2 emissions due to the large computational power if needs, which will only increase in the future. The planet is boiling, and they will keep building more server farms for the next LLM upgrade, giving up on stopping/controlling climate change.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Wouldn’t that be something: we choke to death trying to create a supercomputer to tell us to stop doing exactly that

True irony

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To clarify: AI is NOT a major driver of CO2 emissions. The most pessimistic estimations place it at a fraction of a percent of global energy consumption by 2030.

[–] mriormro 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, the crypto bro creed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean it is also true for crypto. BTC, the most energy-hungry blockchain, is estimated to burn ~150TWh/year, compared to a global consumption of 180 000TWh/y.

Now is that consumption useless ? Yes, it is completely wasted. But it is a drop in the bucket. One shouldn't underestimate the astounding energy consumption of legacy industries - as a whole the tech industry is estimated to represent just a few percents of the global energy budget.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Meh. Feelings are louder than facts apparently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

some myths are hard to kill honestly