AI needs so much power that old coal plants are sticking around

Re:AI needs so much power that old coal plants are sticking ... by kibwen on Monday February 12, 2024 @07:20PM (#39352549)

There are two kinds of progress:

1. Real progress, which involves doing more with the same amount of energy; in other words, an improvement in efficiency.

2. Fake progress, which involves doing more by bringing more energy to bear.

Both feel like progress because you're "doing more", but only the first is valuable in the long-term. And so much of the technological progress of the past century has been fake progress that people fail to realize the distinction.

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Re:AI needs so much power that old coal plants are sticking ... by hnaccountme on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @01:53AM (#39355258)

Agreed, Most of AI is just investors spending money so they can sell their stock to someone else for a profit. Same this happened with blockchain. It will happen again with this AI boom. People just want to make a quick buck. Read value generation is hard

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