No it won't, or it already does. AI is a meaningless term used to sell bullshit, so can we please use better definitions? Machine learning models will? Generative ML? Stuff hosted by a large company? There's no way they're counting all the small ML models all around the world, and sometimes (sadly, rarely) "AI" can save energy vs the alternative. How has everyone collectively lost their ability to think when it comes to this shit?
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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Great, we're burning the planet for fake internet money and lying machines
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which fabricates AI chips for other companies including Nvidia and AMD, saw its production capacity for packaged chips used for AI more than double between 2023 and 2024.
After calculating how much specialized AI equipment can be produced, de Vries-Gao compared that to information about how much electricity these devices consume.
What?!