sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down110
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 months agoWhy mix units? Match 1.3billion for water. Why not say match 1.95 billion for power, instead of 3x650 million.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoMaybe they did the text with an AI.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoProbably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.
Why mix units? Match 1.3billion for water. Why not say match 1.95 billion for power, instead of 3x650 million.
Maybe they did the text with an AI.
Probably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.