Post AajIIyLAD2lpK2NkwK by troed@masto.sangberg.se
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 (DIR) Post #Aah9vJDJvRQbkZyDKa by baldur@toot.cafe
       2023-10-12T09:26:10Z
       
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       “AI’s Electricity Use Is Spiking So Fast It’ll Soon Use as Much Power as an Entire Country”Between this and crypto, the tech industry’s innovations seem to be doing a good job of nullifying whatever progress we make on the climate crisis. https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-electricity-use-spiking-power-entire-country?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=manual
       
 (DIR) Post #AahKHqO2GlRoXwMmIK by richard@walking.masto.host
       2023-10-12T09:44:35Z
       
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       @baldur And enormous quantities of water. I saw articles about how server farms in drought stricken areas were wasting far more water than anticipated, for cooling. It's not just electricity. These server farms also require water.
       
 (DIR) Post #AahKHsCPWxKyASwWS8 by richard@walking.masto.host
       2023-10-12T09:45:25Z
       
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       @baldur https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2023/09/ai-development-poses-threat-to-our-water-supplies/ So that my toot is not just hot air.
       
 (DIR) Post #AahKHu7APQKa6mVMYa by richard@walking.masto.host
       2023-10-12T09:46:07Z
       
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       @baldur https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ai-development-requires-large-amounts-of-water/7265493.html And a second article. I won't post anymore articles.
       
 (DIR) Post #AajIIyLAD2lpK2NkwK by troed@masto.sangberg.se
       2023-10-13T14:05:31Z
       
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       @baldur Well we know how to create electricity with minimal environmental damage though? While crypto is largely unregulated (I think Bitcoin is at 50% renewables) the large AI firms can definitely be motivated to make sure they only use solar, nuclear, wave, wind etc.