AI Is Facing a Crisis

This is the quality satire we need. Every glass of water you greedily consume to keep your meat engine going could be delaying the singularity. Would you do that to humanity?

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by hu3 » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM UTC

> Writing a 100-word email consumes about 500ml of water (17 oz).1

> 2 litres are needed for every 10 to 50 queries you make.2

Isn't this water reused? AFAIK it's just for cooling.

This smells like FUD.

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by voidUpdate » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM UTC

I've wondered this for a while, why does AI use so much water? Are companies just sending the output of their liquid cooling into the drain? Most computers I've seen use a closed loop and consume no water past the original filling up

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by hyfgfh » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM UTC

you can also offer your body as fuel

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by Retr0id » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM UTC

> 140Wh are needed to write a 100-word email, equivalent to 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max.

An iPhone can write a whole email in a few seconds using a local model.

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by giuscri » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM UTC

nyanmao wrote: post #2

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it’s satire

Re: AI Is Facing a Crisis

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Post by dkdbejwi383 » Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:38 PM UTC

Retr0id wrote: post #8

> 140Wh are needed to write a 100-word email, equivalent to 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max. An iPhone can write a whole email in a few seconds using a local model.

the local model needs to be trained beforehand though, right? And that's where a lot of the energy and water consumption comes from.