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AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Hypx@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The cost of the Wild and Stormy contract is ~half a billion

It's ten billion.

[–] crispyflagstones@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If you do the numbers out on that, the volume doubles to 1% of gross revenues over that time period. Not really bolstering the point you were trying to make here, but you did catch me merely skimming the article because of how dull and bad this conversation is. This conversation is pointless because at the end of the day, AI is literally just a potentially very useful tool, which is why everybody's freaking out about it. Being against AI as such just because bad people are also using it is kind of pointless.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the volume doubles to 1% of gross revenues

One contract from one state agency worth 1% of all your gross revenues is substantial.

you did catch me merely skimming the article because of how dull and bad this conversation is

Uh huh. Okay.

[–] crispyflagstones@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, you were trying to argue AWS is basically for the NSA and cops. That hilariously false claim is what I've been consistently rebutting this entire time. You're moving the goalposts and continuously have this entire conversation, which is why this is a dull and bad conversation. You didn't start out arguing that 1% is "substantial." You made a rather different argument. I never disputed that a contract amounting to 1% of a company's annual revenues is significant, I disputed that that 1% means AWS is just a cop shop. Because that's not how anything works.

You were wrong, and you were making shit up, and you're moving the goalposts to avoid having to admit being wrong.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My guy, you're arguing with yourself at this point. At the least, learn to read your own material before you try to fact check someone.

[–] crispyflagstones@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I usually do, when the other person in the conversation doesn't seem like an insincere ass and I'm not looking up an open and shut factual question I already know the answer to, like "is the majority of AWS's business from cops and the NSA?"

And I was off by like half a percent because I skimmed, and that half a percent doesn't actually make your point for you. We're not arguing because you have no arguments