Reygle@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWhether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel.archive.isexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down139file-text
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkWhether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel.archive.isReygle@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
archive.is link to article from allabout.ai at https://www.allaboutai.com/resources/ai-statistics/ai-environment/
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 hours agoMakes me wonder what they are doing to reach these figures. Because I can run many models at home and it wouldn’t require me to be pouring bottles of water on my PC, nor it would show on my electricity bill.
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 hours agoWell, most of the carbon footprint for models is in training, which you probably don’t need to do at home. That said, even with training they are not nearly our leading cause of pollution.
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoArticle says that training o4 required equalivent amount of energy compared to powering san francisco for 3 days
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoBasically every tech company is using it… It’s millions of people, not just us…
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoBillions. Practically every Google search runs through Gemini now, and Google handles more search queries per day than there are humans on Earth.
Makes me wonder what they are doing to reach these figures.
Because I can run many models at home and it wouldn’t require me to be pouring bottles of water on my PC, nor it would show on my electricity bill.
Well, most of the carbon footprint for models is in training, which you probably don’t need to do at home.
That said, even with training they are not nearly our leading cause of pollution.
Article says that training o4 required equalivent amount of energy compared to powering san francisco for 3 days
Basically every tech company is using it… It’s millions of people, not just us…
Billions. Practically every Google search runs through Gemini now, and Google handles more search queries per day than there are humans on Earth.