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AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95%

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352 points ferriswil | 2 comments | 19 Oct 24 18:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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andrewstuart ◴[19 Oct 24 19:55 UTC] No.41890285[source]▶
The ultimate “you’re doing it wrong”.

For he sake of the climate and environment it would be nice to be true.

Bad news for Nvidia. “Sell your stock” bad.

Does it come with a demonstration?

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1. mouse_ ◴[19 Oct 24 20:24 UTC] No.41890507[source]▶
Hypothetically, if this is true and simple as the headline implies -- AI using 95% less power doesn't mean AI will use 95% less power, it means we will do 20x more AI. As long as it's the current fad, we will throw as much power and resources at this as we can physically produce, because our economy depends on constant, accelerating growth.
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2. etcd ◴[20 Oct 24 01:12 UTC] No.41892105[source]▶
True. A laptop power pack wattage is probably pretty much unchanged over 30 years for example.