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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. (www.technologyreview.com)
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Absolutely needed: to get high efficiency for this beast ... as it gets better, we'll become too dependent.

"all of this growth is for a new technology that’s still finding its footing, and in many applications—education, medical advice, legal analysis—might be the wrong tool for the job,,,"

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[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Restricting our energy use is not a very good end game. We need to learn how to unlock more energy production without destruction of the environment. This will happen through technological development. Temporarily rationing or conservation may be needed, but permanent is not the answer.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

May I interest you in this resource? https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not interested in books championing our reduction of human expansion. I want to see us reach out into the stars one day. Technological development and progress is needed. We need to also change our mindset on current systems. E.g., if it doesn’t maximize return on investment, forget about it. If there is a way to do it slightly cheaper even if it’s detrimental, do it cheaper. That mindset sucks.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Just develop fully autopoietic artificial photosynthetic systems. Piece of cake.