Comment on In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

• null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It does if you consider that they are actually building them to support power usage of datacenters. And that datacenters are used for a lot more than just AI training.

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  • Maaji@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh, sorry I forgot that data centers were just invented. Thanks for the reminder!

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    • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No you’re right, they built the first one, all the demand that could ever be needed is covered by it, and there’s no reason to ever build any more.

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      • Maaji@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. It’s almost like there’s some new, uniquely power-hungry demand that’s driving this that’s sprung up in the last 5 or so years…

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