@Olap to TechnologyEnglish • 2 days ago‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square50arrow-up1221arrow-down142file-textcross-posted to: news
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-link‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 yearswww.theguardian.com@Olap to TechnologyEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square50file-textcross-posted to: news
Great headline, but ask fusion how long they have been 20 years away and how many more years they have…
minus-square@very_well_lostlinkEnglish8•1 day ago It has to compete with: Climate change That’s the fun part, it doesn’t! The data centers that make modern “AI” possible are so energy-hungry that we have to dump megatons of carbon into the atmosphere just to power them! AI can destroy civilization and cook the planet simultaneously. Synergy, baby!
minus-square@HackworthlinkEnglish2•16 hours agoAll of the data centers in the US combined use 4% of total electric load.
minus-square@WomblelinkEnglish2•10 hours agoand then the same amount of energy is used in just burning gasoline (never mind diesel and kerosine)
That’s the fun part, it doesn’t! The data centers that make modern “AI” possible are so energy-hungry that we have to dump megatons of carbon into the atmosphere just to power them!
AI can destroy civilization and cook the planet simultaneously.
Synergy, baby!
All of the data centers in the US combined use 4% of total electric load.
and then the same amount of energy is used in just burning gasoline (never mind diesel and kerosine)