The Download: reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy use, and Caiwei Chen’s three things
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Summary
In two weeks, a new media franchise from MIT Technology Review will launch to highlight the energy consumption and carbon costs of the AI sector.
This follows an article that focused on AI video generation and its huge energy demands.
The piece highlighted the energy wastage and how it could be potentially curbed to reduce carbon emissions.
This could be done through innovations in the software behind AI models, computer chips and data centres.
One reason for optimism is the business case for more energy efficient AI, as any company utilising this technology for video generation will also seek to cut costs.