surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A lot of these studies they list are already years outdated and irrelevant. The models are much more efficient now, and it’s mainly the Musk owned AI that’s high pollution. Most of the pollution from data centers is not from AI, but other tech.
The old room-sized ENIAC computers used 150-200 kW of power, and couldn’t do even a fraction of what your smart phone can do. The anti-AI people are taking advantage of most people’s ignorance, intentionally using outdated studies, and implying that the power usage will continue to grow- when in fact it has already shrunk dramatically.
Reygle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A Phone can’t do anything. It can send/receive and the datacenter does the work. Surely everyone understands this.
A modern AI data center have already shot right past 200 Terrawatt hours and are on track to double again in the next two years.
People can’t be this blind.
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surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
LoL. Guess I can just get rid of phone’s processor then, huh?
And again, you link to an outdated study. Because the new data shows the use declining, so it wouldn’t help your fear mongering.
Reygle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Reality is “fear mongering” is it? I agree.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If it were reality, you’d have some recent data. Might as well make projections on computer power use by starting with the ENIAC, and then you can claim computers are consuming more than our current energy output.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A phone can do a lot. Much much more than ENIAC era supercomputer (I think you’ll have to get pretty close to the end of the previous century to find a _super_computer
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve run small models (a few Gb in size) on my steam deck. It gives reasonably fast responses (faster than a person would type).
I know that they’re far from state-of-the art, but they do work and I know that the Steam Deck is not going to be using much power.