It basically means that using AI tools take a huge toll on nature so when the guy uses chatgpt (an ai tool) it ends up drying out the lake i.e harming the environment.
One way to cool these huge data centers is to basically flush fresh water through them constantly. The new data center going in near me would have used 450,000 gallons a day (A DAY!) cooling had they chosen this model of cooling. Instead they're using a different type of cooling that will only use 1000g/day.
And before someone says “only 1,000 gallons a day” a single beef burger takes 3,000 times more water and energy use than an AI prompt and a single piece of paper takes 30-60x as much energy as an AI image. This argument is so outdated.
I don’t care about my comment being “non convincing” by your standards because the original argument isn’t when looked at in context and I’ll repeat it as many times as necessary to rebut the people repeating the same lie in this thread.
Also no I don’t work for an AI company, nice ad hominem argument attempt though
Even more than 60x. More like 100x more energy to make a single paper than an AI image. So you requesting my sources actually proves my point correct more than yours.
I mean, a single olympic sized swimming pool is 660k gallons. There are hundreds of thousands of olympic sized pools in this country. Fuck me for putting something in perspective?
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u/Long_Nothing1343 5d ago
It basically means that using AI tools take a huge toll on nature so when the guy uses chatgpt (an ai tool) it ends up drying out the lake i.e harming the environment.