▲ 400 ▼ 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 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] terabyterex@lemmy.world -13 points 5 months ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago Hey, making food is something we need. Hallucination bots are a new, unnecessary use of water in a time when water is already becoming scarcer due to global warming. Stop sane washing their massive waste, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago A majority? Do you have a source? permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Almond farming is also bad. There, what now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) sorry for the delayed response. my main point is most people dont care about water usage. if someone all their life was xoncerned about it. fought against golf courses, almond farming, lawn watering and then when data caenters came along and got angry there too, i would never respond. in all honesty, i think data centers are a waste. i always thought the futire was local models because 90% of the uses are chat bots and dont need all that power. the science fields and health can rent data center time. i thought it would take over 5 years to get there but with nvidia's new rtx spark, i think we may gwt there sooner. data centers are the real bubble, but people who use water as their main reason is full of shit. the new data centers are closed loop. microsoft's new one wont need new water forntheee years. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago Hey, making food is something we need. Hallucination bots are a new, unnecessary use of water in a time when water is already becoming scarcer due to global warming. Stop sane washing their massive waste, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago A majority? Do you have a source? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Almond farming is also bad. There, what now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) sorry for the delayed response. my main point is most people dont care about water usage. if someone all their life was xoncerned about it. fought against golf courses, almond farming, lawn watering and then when data caenters came along and got angry there too, i would never respond. in all honesty, i think data centers are a waste. i always thought the futire was local models because 90% of the uses are chat bots and dont need all that power. the science fields and health can rent data center time. i thought it would take over 5 years to get there but with nvidia's new rtx spark, i think we may gwt there sooner. data centers are the real bubble, but people who use water as their main reason is full of shit. the new data centers are closed loop. microsoft's new one wont need new water forntheee years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) sorry for the delayed response. my main point is most people dont care about water usage. if someone all their life was xoncerned about it. fought against golf courses, almond farming, lawn watering and then when data caenters came along and got angry there too, i would never respond. in all honesty, i think data centers are a waste. i always thought the futire was local models because 90% of the uses are chat bots and dont need all that power. the science fields and health can rent data center time. i thought it would take over 5 years to get there but with nvidia's new rtx spark, i think we may gwt there sooner. data centers are the real bubble, but people who use water as their main reason is full of shit. the new data centers are closed loop. microsoft's new one wont need new water forntheee years. permalink fedilink source parent