I'd say if AI gets better and more efficient, it's likely to be used by more people and applied to more tasks. That would nullify hypothetical energy savings.
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Exactly. There is no end to this and it‘s hardly uplifting news when it isn’t much of news but speculation instead.
More of the energy cost is in training rather than use.
Sure. But more AI adoption also means more AI training or fine tuning, doesn't it? I mean the only option where training stops is if it doesn't make progress any more. So yes, if it's just one company and there isn't much competition I'm sure less training will happen. But competition kind of incentivises them to do more. Plus there are other tasks that could be done if we don't need to all focus on inefficient training of singular big chatbot models... Like multimodality, robotics, specific tasks... Making them more efficient for mobile use, or just more intelligent... I'm sure people will find other uses for the training farms. Or it'll just become more people. But yeah, we'll have to see.