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Originally Posted by kandwo
These LLM AI programs like ChatGPT use more electricity than all of bitcoin. And that, many claim, is bad for the environment.
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Not more than bitcoin, which uses as much as Switzerland. But "Training" is a severe use of electricity. Many datacentres also use up water. The Register mention 5 litres of waste water on a Chat GPT query.
Some "AI" systems are quite acceptable. One test is can it run on a PC / Mac / Raspberry Pi, or does it need a substantial data centre with power hungry GPUs?