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- utopian1
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is called the "Doomsday Glacier" for a reason.
Larger than the state of Florida, the icy mass contains so much water that scientists predict that its melting could single-handedly raise global sea levels by over two feet — and possibly over five times more that, if it triggers a broader collapse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
- YakuZoku0
I use this many AI every day
- Operational Efficiency, how does it work?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯palimpsest
- Operational Efficiency, how does it work?
- palimpsest1
# Would You Download a Car?
AI is often labeled as energy-intensive, but most of its environmental impact comes from the initial *training* process, not everyday use. Here’s how AI energy use compares to traditional transportation and why its unique setup changes the equation. Using AI is roughly on par with other high-computation tasks like video streaming.
## AI’s Energy Costs: Training vs. Inference
- **Training**: Building large models (e.g., GPT-4) requires vast energy, similar to powering thousands of households for days. Training occurs only once per model version.
- **Inference (per prompt)**: Each prompt has a much lower energy footprint, similar to briefly running an LED light. This makes the high training energy cost spread across millions of interactions.**Analogy**: Imagine every car trip counted not only the fuel but also the energy used to make the car *and* build the factory. This is how AI’s upfront training cost gets distributed across each prompt.
## Apples to Apples Comparison
- **Driving (per km)**: A car consumes around 440 watt-hours per kilometer, comparable to thousands of AI prompts.
- **Flying (per km)**: A plane uses about 5,000 watt-hours per passenger-km, similar to tens of thousands of prompts per kilometer.
- **Inference Efficiency**: Unlike transportation, which needs fresh energy each trip, AI spreads its training investment over countless low-energy prompts.Made *with* ChatGPT
- i refuse to accept that the thing i don't like isn't the problemkingsteven
- countless low energy prompts ? lol... very esoteric... if a.i cant even count how much its uses... very dissapoint.. numbers how do they work..neverscared
- fuckin hell chatgpt is about the worst shit...neverscared
- the one thing its superior its missing out... keepin track of its own calculation trajectories...neverscared
- *countless* means that it cannot be counted. Each time we prompt it the training investment is spread out even more.
#hooked on phonicspalimpsest
- utopian1
Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime.
- neverscared0
https://www.bruegel.org/sites/de…
Solar photovoltaic technology is set to be a critical enabler of the global energy transition, with mass deployment being enabled by a 90 percent drop in solar module costs over the past two decades. By 2025 more capacity to generate electricity from solar PV will have been deployed than any other generation technology (IEA, 2023a). A global solar manufacturing industry worth $90 billion has emerged, with China dominant. However, the market is marked by massive overcapacity, with global solar manufacturing capacity for modules in 2023 at 1,140 gigawatts (IEA, 2023b, 2024) compared to annual deployment of 345 GW (Ember, 2024).
- not mentioned in there that the modules are stockpiled in europe, overcapacity but china is only producing what it can sell.kingsteven
- safe enough bet given the chance of potential further EU subsidies, supply chain issues, tariffs or over estimation of EU manufacturing capacity.kingsteven
- neverscared0
Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024
Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures- hell on earth... optimum trajectory achieved...neverscared
- neverscared0
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
- Ianbolton0
What the fuck is this?
https://enron.com/pages/the-egg- Art project?Nairn
- it's ENRON duhkingsteven
- I know it's parody, but it's beautifully done. I want a nuclear eggIanbolton
