{"id":14785,"date":"2024-03-10T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T08:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=14785"},"modified":"2024-03-10T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T08:41:02","slug":"is-a-i-energy-well-spent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/artifical-intelligence\/is-a-i-energy-well-spent","title":{"rendered":"Is A.I. Energy Well Spent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This depends mainly on the goal, of course, as with several other issues.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, A.I.\u2019s global energy hunger is immense, probably at least as much as that of a small country. (*)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As for tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides many possibly positive aspects \u2013 such as learning about other cultures and enjoying Earth\u2019s beauty \u2013 over-tourism kills the planet in well-known ways. Also, it kills many of the places tourists are traveling to \u2014 arguably most of all in Europe. (**)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, many tourists are not getting happier by it \u2014 quite the contrary. Over-tourism resembles an addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same for A.I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, too, unfortunately, much of the energy spent originates from addiction-like behavior that doesn\u2019t make users happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, A.I. can be used for so many excellent purposes, such as addiction relief through a coach-bot. Am I thinking of Lisa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.I. as a solution to the energy problem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is already happening in two directions: by helping us to be more energy-efficient and in the race toward clean energy sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, this (still) depends upon human decisions. We are eventually the ones who provoke the spending of A.I. energy \u2014 the why, what, and how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s hope A.I. will help solve the problem soon enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, people should be aware and sensitive to the energy sink they are helping to realize through their everyday use of A.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planet is indeed suffering tremendously. Climate disaster is destroying the lives and livelihoods of many who have no access to A.I. This is no insignificant collateral damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making it worthwhile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The responsibility and the challenge lie in all of us who consume A.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is, in the ways we conduct our everyday lives. Collectively, this shapes the present and future of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re generally not made to think this way. Yet, in the developed world, most of our actions influence the whole \u2014 planet-wise. Big present-day problems can only be solved by the sum of each of our actions. Spending immense amounts of A.I. energy is one of these problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes Compassion, basically<\/a>, to see this, as it takes Compassion to make it worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(*) https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24066646\/ai-electricity-energy-watts-generative-consumption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(**) Grand Hotel Europa: A Novel \u2015 Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, 2022<\/p>\n

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