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Generative AI’s Energy Problem Today is Foundational
(spectrum.ieee.org)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.
It would be quite astonishing if all the Climate Change worst-case scenario predictions were to be overshadowed by the energy demands of generative AI over the next decade.