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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
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this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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At some point, someone said the same thing about:
Is this /c/technology or /c/anti_technology because it’s hard to tell most of the time.
People here are generally anti-anything. That's what echo chambers are for.
I am biased, I am having a ton of fun with LLMs and they are helping me achieve some personal goals. Do they use energy? Sure. Will new, more powerful technologies come along later that require even greater amounts of energy? I hope so one day. We need to find cleaner more abundant energy sources.