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AI Set To Consume Electricity Equivalent To 22% of US Homes By 2028, New Analysis Says (hardware.slashdot.org)
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New analysis by MIT Technology Review reveals AI's rapidly growing energy demands, with data centers expected to triple their share of US electricity consumption from 4.4% to 12% by 2028. According to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projections, AI alone could soon consume electricity equivalent to 22% of all US households annually, driven primarily by inference operations that represent 80-90% of AI's computing power.

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[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why doesn't someone just ask chatgpt how to make it use less?

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I did it myself

Lol I just saw there's two 4s

[–] ellypony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Our masters have decided it's more important to let some 19 year old generate misleading information on the fly than it is to keep people's refrigerators running.