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1. IshKebab · 1790702029 · focus · HN ↗

   I wish they'd list the environmental cost. My employer has an unlimited AI budget so I don't care about using Astra if it's just more profit for OpenAI. I care more if it actually uses 5x more energy.

   1. rs_rs_rs_rs_rs · 1790702302 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't understand the point of this, why just now when it comes to llms. Why wasn't anyone enraged with the environmental costs of kids playing video games. I would not be surprised the environmental cost of that is an order of magnitude bigger than what llms have.

      Edit: for context, just Steam alone has ~200million monthly active users.

      1. paulryanrogers · 1790702913 · focus · HN ↗

         Considering Nvidia's hard shift to crypto and now AI, I doubt videogames are even in the same ballpark.

         How many DCs are devoted solely to gaming?

         1. rs_rs_rs_rs_rs · 1790703899 · focus · HN ↗

            >How many DCs are devoted solely to gaming?

            An entire planet. Just Steam alone has one or two hundres million monthly active users.

            1. paulryanrogers · 1790728083 · focus · HN ↗

               The whole planet's DCs are not solely serving games. Apparently games take about 300 TWh whilst AI is around 500 TWh.

               All of gaming is in the 300B USD range while just the CapEx of hyper scalars is already over 200B.

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