The Obscene Energy Demands of A.I.
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How can the world reach net zero if it keeps inventing new ways to consume energy?
  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Just cache the common questions.

    There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      4·
      9 months ago

      You mean: two hard things - cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors

      • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Reminds me of the two hard things in distributed systems:

        • 2: Exactly-once delivery
        • 1: Guaranteed order
        • 2: Exactly-once delivery
    • ZaktorEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      It’s a good thing that Google has a massive pre-existing business about caching and updating search responses then. The naming things side of their business could probably use some more work though.