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Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone (www.technologyreview.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The model cards for Stable Diffusion 1.5 and 2.1 estimate the CO2 emissions as 11.25 tons and 12 tons for training. XL lacks the info.

A transatlantic flight (round-trip) is about 1 ton per pax. So, while every little bit helps, ML is not where you can make the big gains in lowering emissions.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If I remember correctly, SDXL is a heavily modified SD2.1, so the numbers might be similar.