AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog
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By Jay Lund . . . Artificial intelligence (AI) will affect many economic and natural resource sectors as these new technologies develop and mature. We are in the early years of this process. Like most new things, AI has become an object of small and great hopes and fears – from hopes for saving and
  • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Yes, it uses less than the public thinks, but it still uses too much. 1 ounce is too much. AI can fuck right off. It is not entitled to our world.

  • Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Here are a range of estimates of AI data center water use for California, based mostly on simple fundamental physics of converting energy use to water use for cooling. I did these calculations and then, perhaps appropriately, checked and explored these estimates using four AI models

    He guessed, then asked the sycophant machine to tell him he is a smart and clever boy.

    To illustrate his point he used a nightmare-inducing AI generated image with talking headless birds and water flowing uphill into both ends of a tube.