Will AI’s growth create an explosion of energy consumption?
David Kramer
Abstract
Further improvements in hardware and software efficiencies may counteract an expected surge in demand for electricity needed to power the new large language models.
Topics & Concepts
ElectricityConsumption (sociology)Power consumptionSoftwareComputer scienceEnergy consumptionElectricity demandEnergy (signal processing)Power (physics)Electricity generationElectrical engineeringEngineeringOperating systemPhysicsQuantum mechanicsSociologySocial scienceParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques