> According to new projections published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in December, by 2028 more than half of the electricity going to data centers will be used for AI. At that point, AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energ...

We're currently all subsidizing the AI industry. When we solve the energy problem then we can talk about potential benefits of LLMs