Gerry McGovern @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
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I came across information that the original quote in Futurism which said 99% electricity use was incorrect.
futurism.com/google-ceo-congre

The transcript says “3% to 9%”.
techpolicy.press/transcript-us

The larger point remains, though. AI and data center energy and water use is surging, and we are only at the beginning of this whole thing. For years, data centers energy use stayed below 1% and we were told not to worry. In countries like Ireland, data center energy use is now already over 20%

Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI

Billionaire tech tycoon Eric Schmidt told Congress that 99 percent of electricity will soon be used to power AI.

futurism.com · Futurism

Gerry McGovern @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
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Former douchebag Google CEO says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway' so let's pour more fuel on the fire even faster. And anyway it's only going to be you poor plebs who'll die. We rich folk have got all sorts of escape plans. You're such suckers, using all our services, giving us your data for free. If you've no respect for yourself, how on earth do you expect us tech bro gods to respect you?

businessinsider.com/eric-schmi

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that AI is advancing so fast, and requires so much energy, that there is no way to keep up with climate goals.

www.businessinsider.com · Business Insider

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