Generative AI’s Energy Problem Today is Foundational

While the origins of artificial intelligence (AI) can be traced back more than 60 years to the mid-20th century, the explosion of generative AI products—like ChatGPT or Midjourney— in the past two years has brought the technology to a new level of popularity. And that popularity comes at a steep energy cost, a reality of operations today that is often shunted to the margins and left unsaid.

Alex de Vries is a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam and founder …

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