167
submitted 10 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Damage@feddit.it 71 points 10 months ago

Bill Gates says the massive power draw required for AI processing is nothing to worry about as AI will ultimately identify ways to help cut power consumption and drive the transition to sustainable energy.

We already know how

[-] mutant_zz@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Yeah, this is one of the many things that annoys me about AI discourse.

"We can use it to solve climate change!"

We already technically know how to solve climate change, but politics makes doing that impossible.

And, no, AI can't "fix" politics. We're going to have to figure that out by ourselves.

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Climate scientists: "do these things to fix climate change"
Everyone: "but that's HAAARD and I don't wanna!"
AI developers: create AI
Climate scientists: "AI is drawing massive power accelerating climate change, we need to stop that"
Everyone: "but it can tell us how to fix climate change so it's going to be okay!"
AI climate model: "do these same things to fix climate change"
Everyone: "but that's HAAARD and I don't wanna!"

Yeah, I can't see any way this could possibly fail...

[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

but now we have a scapegoat

[-] Contravariant@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

In a way AI refusing to recommend using so much computing power on LLMs could well be the first sign of actual intelligence.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ai told my power company to tell us to stop using energy during the day beucase ai needs the power to do the power co.pqnies jobs

[-] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Sure lets burn all the oil to figure out how to not burn all the oil.

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2024
167 points (83.5% liked)

Technology

69451 readers
1936 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS