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minus-square@Zinklink2•3 months agoI have a feeling it’s not going to be the ordinary individual user that’s going to drive the usage to problematic levels. If a company can make money off of it, consuming a ridiculous amount of energy to do it is just another cost on the P & L. (Assuming of course that the company using it either pays the electric bill, or pays a marked-up fee to some AI/cloud provider)
I have a feeling it’s not going to be the ordinary individual user that’s going to drive the usage to problematic levels.
If a company can make money off of it, consuming a ridiculous amount of energy to do it is just another cost on the P & L.
(Assuming of course that the company using it either pays the electric bill, or pays a marked-up fee to some AI/cloud provider)