vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoElon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down146
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUswww.tomshardware.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down5·7 months agoWe really need to tax energy used by GPU-burning projects differently. AI training, blockchain, whatever. Such a wasteful endeavour.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·7 months agoCarbon tax, it was proposed so many years ago and it’s always been a good idea.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 months agoBy now it should be a hard carbon budget and not a simple tax that can be dodged.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoHow would a budget be less dodgable than a tax?
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down36·7 months agoNo significant blockchains use GPUs any more. As for AI training, that produces AIs. It’s not wasteful.
We really need to tax energy used by GPU-burning projects differently. AI training, blockchain, whatever. Such a wasteful endeavour.
Carbon tax, it was proposed so many years ago and it’s always been a good idea.
By now it should be a hard carbon budget and not a simple tax that can be dodged.
How would a budget be less dodgable than a tax?
Energy and water.
No significant blockchains use GPUs any more. As for AI training, that produces AIs. It’s not wasteful.