sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down112
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 days agoWhy mix units? Match 1.3billion for water. Why not say match 1.95 billion for power, instead of 3x650 million.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoProbably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoMaybe they did the text with an AI.
Why mix units? Match 1.3billion for water. Why not say match 1.95 billion for power, instead of 3x650 million.
Probably because they refer to the bottom 650 million and the number gets less impressive as you move to people who actually have daily access to a power grid.
Maybe they did the text with an AI.