Net-zero emission goals went out the window with AI.

  • SpikesOtherDog
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    2 months ago

    I was using a pretty broad brush. Some of the figures were higher, some were lower, but it many were consistently around .3. Feel free to take it with a grain of salt. Even if I’m over by 50%, it is still a large number.

    • 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      my GPU can use 80 watts max and it takes 10 seconds to produce an image, that’s about 0.00022kwh, which is 1300 times less than what you said.