First-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there’s a long way to go.

one assessment suggests that ChatGPT, the chatbot created by OpenAI in San Francisco, California, is already consuming the energy of 33,000 homes. It’s estimated that a search driven by generative AI uses four to five times the energy of a conventional web search. Within years, large AI systems are likely to need as much energy as entire nations.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    TCL, Sony, Vizio, LG, Samsung, literally all of them easily do in the course of manufacturing them, not to mention the ongoing water usage of all the servers streaming you TV shows.

    Again, how is AI different then literally any other popular computer activity? The more popular it is, the greater it’s environmental cost.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 months ago

      Really? Which specific city?

      Or do you not understand that taking 6% of one specific city’s water is very different from taking that same amount of water distributed around the world?

      Also, should AI not be criticized for wasting water? Just TVs? Are there other industries where wasting large amounts of water should be ignored?

      Maybe any company using up 6% or more of a city’s municipal water system shouldn’t be allowed to do so regardless of what industry they’re in. What do you think?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          11·
          10 months ago

          Ah, got it, companies can do as much ecological damage at they want to and it’s the regulators fault if nothing is done about it. Also, people shouldn’t get mad at corporations for wanting to do that ecological damage just because they’re allowed to.

          • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Why arent you mad at video games? Are you protesting Nintendo and Sony? Their consoles consume far more power than ChatGPT.

              • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                Since apparently it wasn’t clear, I was referring to the comment two above this one in the chain.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  10 months ago

                  Whereas, I was referring to this comment, which you had nothing substantive to say about:

                  Presumably because you think it’s justifiable for companies to do whatever they feel like as long as its legal and receive no criticisms for it.

                  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
                    1·
                    10 months ago

                    Nope, again, you missed it, it was the comment four above this one, the one about Sony and Nintendo.

      • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Which specific city is ChatGPT getting its water from?

        Here’s a hint: there isn’t one, that’s referring to it’s overall usage, all around the world. It runs in Azure data centers where it is a tiny fraction of their overall compute load and water usage.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              11·
              10 months ago

              The only thing that is clear is that you seem to think you’re entitled to multiple responses when you reply to a single post of mine multiple times.

              That… and the fact that you aren’t denying that you believe corporations should be expected to do whatever they want as long as no one makes it illegal.