alt Hacker NewsIt reminds me of the AI paperclip problem. The AIs are eating all the memory chips and energy. And GPUs of course.
Except its caused by good old bubble capitalism.
It reminds me of the AI paperclip problem. The AIs are eating all the memory chips and energy. And GPUs of course.
Except its caused by good old bubble capitalism.
> all the memory chips and energy. And GPUs of course.
Yes and no and yes.
AI is having a bad impact on electricity prices, but the actual graph of US electrical use was pretty flat for 20 years and is barely increasing even now. If the bubble keeps going strong we might see AI get up to 10% several years from now.
The RAM and GPU use is a whole different category of dominating.