Rising Emissions, Depleting Water and Vanishing Land—UN Scientists: AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions
unu.edu
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns
  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 hours ago

    “Triples that of 650 million?”. What kind of measurement is that? Just say “Almost 2 billion”. Also, which 2 billion? There’s a HUGE difference in electricity usage depending on the answer.

  • Miller@lemmy.world
    81·
    11 hours ago

    Two things occur, first is the analogy to how rarely large organic brains have evolved primarily due to their calorific needs. Second if we ever want to kill AI we can just sever the water supply and let it melt.