- AI chatbots and videos use up a huge amount of energy and water
- A five-second AI video uses as much energy as a microwave running for an hour or more
- Data center energy use has doubled since 2017, and AI will account for half ot it by 2028
It only takes a few minutes in a microwave to explode a potato you haven’t ventilated, but it takes as much energy as running that microwave for over an hour and more than a dozen potato explosions for an AI model to make a five-second video of a potato…
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https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/youll-be-as-annoyed-as-me-when-you-learn-how-much-energy-a-few-seconds-of-ai-video-costs
