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5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 days ago by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's true, but joules typically isn't used today. When people talk about energy consumption it's almost always in watts or watt-hours. I've seen/heard people use joules less than 5 times since college.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

a human consumes about 8 MJ of chemical energy per day.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Okay Sam Altman.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that's not what i meant.

now they have heard it 6 times used.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Oh! Well, Sam Altman basically used this to try to defend AI energy usage. Training a human takes a lot of energy and water, after all. I don't think he realized this made him sound like a fucking supervillain.