Reply to post: Re: 190000kWh...

AI me to the Moon... Carbon footprint for 'training GPT-3' same as driving to our natural satellite and back

Harry Kiri

Re: 190000kWh...

The tragedy of the commons....

190000kWh is a staggering amount of energy that doesn't produce anything tangible. If people using gpt-3 or any other ai are 'clever' then they should be responsible enough to account for the impact of what they're doing.

I've read an estimate that data centres account for 3% of global emissions - the same as air travel. Yep there are error bars there but these things have a cost that needs some recognition.

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