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Good to know. Doesnāt help that the current administration in the USA is actively hostile to renewable energy, which would offset this problem significantly if we hurried up and built out renewables at a much faster rate.
This would also create employment, to which the current regime is also actively hostile.
tl;dr: Itās alarmingly large and rapidly growing.
I wonder where all the money is coming from. Itās got to run out at some point.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ talks about the money often
Nixon way back in the 70s decoupled the dollar from gold, itās been coke snorting ever since.
Helps that not a single teacher dares to explain where money actually comes from.
Tldr; itās never running out. This hype needs to survive till the nextās hype is ready.
is there a comparison between blockchain energy use and AI related energy use?
I appreciate that they make the key point that AI is definitely here to stay. Itās not about stopping it, itās about dealing with the fallout of the switch. To do that we need solid data.
Exactly, the environment changes and we must adapt to face the new changes.
The problem is that misinformation from both Pro-AI and Anti-AI groups makes it harder to obtain solid data.
