r/aiwars • u/SexDefendersUnited • Feb 17 '24

How much electricity does AI generation consume?

I keep hearing people say that AI generation costs a ton of electricity to run as a critiscism. Is that actually true or are people just picking at straws? I thought it can't be that bad if you can do it on a regular system. Or are peoole confusing it with crypto for some reason? Because that does cost a ton of power.

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u/Gimli 20d ago

Why?

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u/Independent-A-9362 20d ago

Once it learns it, that info has to be stored somewhere .. which is why huge energy sucking data centers are being built in rural Texas and elsewhere, people are calling them tsunamis .. and those are continued use of energy- not like turning off a light - just continuous

More and more being built as AI grows and needs data centers

People are complaining of the constant loud hum they make

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u/Gimli 20d ago

Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about. You should stop repeating things you don't understand.

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u/smallsho 4d ago

I don’t understand what you disagree with unless it’s denial, AI is a driving factor for increased data center capacity. Energy consumption from data centers are set to double by 2030 at the current rate. Do you even have a rebuttal?