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ned , to random
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'It's so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don’t go below 79" while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make image of a girl with 5 tits'

BlackPhi ,
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@ned Except that creating an image with Stable Diffusion takes around 4kJ on my PC whereas air conditioning a smallish flat for an hour takes nearer 4,000kJ (obviously rough approximations, but the right order of magnitude). See https://learnmetrics.com/how-many-kw-air-conditioner-do-i-need-ac-kw-calculator-chart/ for some approximations and note that 1kW*h is around 3,600kJ.
There is a certain amount of misinformation and confusion around AI energy usage, so its always worth doing a rough sense check on such comparisons.

BlackPhi , to random
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An interesting take on how useful AI was for a Sci-Fi themed music video. I think it would be fair to say that it ended up more decorative than constructive: https://loudwire.com/unleash-the-archers-interview-music-ai/

The video itself is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPMBD7i0IU

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