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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 (unu.edu)

submitted 5 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why mix units? Match 1.3billion for water. Why not say match 1.95 billion for power, instead of 3x650 million.

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[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Maybe they did the text with an AI.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 5 months ago

Probably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.

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