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.

  • Flying Squid
    0•9 months ago

    Why should I say anything about your Sony comment when you’d just defend anything Sony could ever do if it was legal.

    Legal for Sony to dump PCBs in a river in a country with lax environmental regulations? Just fine to you, apparently.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•9 months ago

      Why should I say anything about your Sony comment

      Because I asked you first, and you get really bent out of shape if we don’t stick to a single topic at a time.