An "average" Qatari consumes 1160x more energy than a Somalian. An average American consumes 84x more energy than a Nepali, and so on... [1]
There will be 10 billion of us on this planet by ~ 2050. [2]
We might need more energy efficient AI, if everyone is joining the AI party... Please tell me that someone on this hallowed site is working on this. :-)
Those are more for the supply part of the equation. I was thinking of reducing demand.
I don't think that the energy needs that will emanate from "AI" stop at LLM training/inference. I think this recent burst of demand is a starting point.
There will be 10 billion of us on this planet by ~ 2050. [2]
We might need more energy efficient AI, if everyone is joining the AI party... Please tell me that someone on this hallowed site is working on this. :-)
[1] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/energy-consumpt...
[2] https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicator...