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Will AI’s growth create an explosion of energy consumption?

David Kramer

2024Physics Today12 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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
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