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Generative AI is an energy hog. Is the tech worth the environmental cost?

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ChatGPT and other generative AI tools are power hungry, says Alex de Vries , founder of the research and consulting agency Digiconomist .

Generative AI “is an accelerator for anything you want to do,” says Rick Stevens , an associate lab director at Argonne National Laboratory and a computer scientist at the University of Chicago .

Some argue this latest revolution in AI is a societal good, even a necessity, that’s hypercapable computer systems.

Answering a single ChatGPT query requires more electricity than a single Google search.

Google search’s total daily energy requirements currently surpass chatGPT's.

Data centers and AI developers could take steps to lessen their carbon emissions and resource use.

Generative AI is a young technology, and stopping now would stymie its potential, experts say.

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