Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint
by FollowingTheDao on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:49AM
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> For 20 million users? Great, you just proved that AI energy impact is not big.
You missed that this was just a calculation of Midjourney power use, and you missed the next paragraph:
"Keep in mind that our example only touches image generation services. Let's not forget about other AI services like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Deepseek—and all their versions and variations. The list, and energy waste, continues to grow."
> Almost everything is worse than AI, basically.
I am glad you brough this up. AI just adds to it all.
You missed that this was just a calculation of Midjourney power use, and you missed the next paragraph:
"Keep in mind that our example only touches image generation services. Let's not forget about other AI services like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Deepseek—and all their versions and variations. The list, and energy waste, continues to grow."
> Almost everything is worse than AI, basically.
I am glad you brough this up. AI just adds to it all.