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Mastodon users criticize energy consumption of AI hardware

The user is expressing frustration about the energy consumption associated with specialized hardware, drawing a parallel to the cryptocurrency industry. They note that ASICs have largely replaced GPUs in certain applications, leading to significant, though reduced, energy demands. AI

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RANK_REASON The item is a personal opinion on hardware and energy consumption, lacking specific newsworthy AI developments.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    You know what pisses me off? We knew this already from # crypto . Once the # ASIC took over for the # GPU , much less - albeit still an insane amount - of energ

    You know what pisses me off? We knew this already from # crypto . Once the # ASIC took over for the # GPU , much less - albeit still an insane amount - of energy was wasted in the process. Now that hardware is catching up to software, consider all the unnecessary disruption and d…