Reposted by Ed Rodley
How on Earth did I not read this yet? really interesting and honestly kind of brazen modelling of the entire lifecycle - downstream, data centres, upstream use - of AI.
Puts AI industry at 1.1% of total global energy, about the same for global emissions. More than 10x previously stated estimates
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