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AI Water Usage Debate Ignites on Mastodon

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A user on Mastodon is questioning the calculation of water usage for AI inference, suggesting that the figures presented might not account for the water used in data training. The user shared a YouTube Shorts link and a Mastodon post to illustrate their point, sparking discussion about the environmental impact of AI technologies. AI

RANK_REASON User-generated content questioning a specific aspect of AI technology without presenting new data or analysis.

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AI Water Usage Debate Ignites on Mastodon

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    https:// youtube.com/shorts/vACAXsBDFzM ?feature=share Can anyone actually calculate this? based on what it says this is the water used in inference, not in tra

    https:// youtube.com/shorts/vACAXsBDFzM ?feature=share Can anyone actually calculate this? based on what it says this is the water used in inference, not in training of the data. # ai # tech # datacenters # cooling

    LINKS youtube.com/…/vACAXsBDFzM youtube.com/…/vACAXsBDFzM

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