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Power-hungry AI is putting the hurt on global electricity supply (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Those aren't being sold to the general public, though. Those have value; the shit being put into our phones and operating systems or controlling search engines and allowing people to have AI girlfriends does not.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

True, but the research put into such things does translate into other far more beneficial areas. I say let those corporations spend the billions of dollars, eventually the consumer side will peter out but the knock-on effects for AI in science will continue for years to come