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AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

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Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

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Post by dnnddidiej »

FloorEgg wrote: post #3

That's nothing... at the current rate, datacenters will consume the total energy input of earth's biosphere by 2100! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GQbS34OkMF6q9r0ZyuSv...

Will they be smart enough then to build infra in space i.e. dyson. Will they do mining of other planets? And will humans be pets.

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

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Post by free_bip »

dnnddidiej wrote: post #11
FloorEgg wrote: post #3

That's nothing... at the current rate, datacenters will consume the total energy input of earth's biosphere by 2100! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GQbS34OkMF6q9r0ZyuSv...

Will they be smart enough then to build infra in space i.e. dyson. Will they do mining of other planets? And will humans be pets.

What makes you think infra in space is smart? How are you going to dissipate heat?

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

#14

Post by dnnddidiej »

free_bip wrote: post #13
dnnddidiej wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Will they be smart enough then to build infra in space i.e. dyson. Will they do mining of other planets? And will humans be pets.

What makes you think infra in space is smart? How are you going to dissipate heat?

If you used all the planets light it is the only option. Radiation.

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

#15

Post by akomtu »

dnnddidiej wrote: post #14
free_bip wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you think infra in space is smart? How are you going to dissipate heat?

If you used all the planets light it is the only option. Radiation.

A light source emitting gigawatts on the orbit is going to turn night into day.

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

#16

Post by dragonwriter »

rms2ds wrote: post #2

Well the way its going, we will have so much more water when the iceburg(s) start really melting so problem solved right? lol

Icebergs melting do not increase the supply of freshwater (Glaciers on land melting do, though perhaps not on an ongoing basis.)

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

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Post by gpderetta »

fennecbutt wrote: post #9

And how does that compare to farming almonds, alfalfa or the beef industry for your all American hamburger? Ah, so you're a vegan? Well compare it then to the water used to produce your foods, to manufacture the van that brings you the food and the extraction of the oil that powers it. Without context, stats about datacenter water usage are FUD bullshit. *billion people in subsaharan Africa lovely clickbait title who…

What a strange argument. People eat food to survive. Petaflops are not very tasty.

Re: AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people

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Post by metalman »

typical industrial scale exploitation by an out of touch moneyed class, which always results in harm and strife for the poor, though the scale of AI is without precident. 10~15% of ALL availible fresh water on the planet bieng hijacked? Realy?, uh huh!, yup, thats the plan. good luck with that.
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