NYT runs an ad sponsored content article about AI and Hollywood without once mentioning water or energy usage.
Can’t honestly quote it because it’s so cheerlead-y all the way through, it doesn’t seem to have any other point – and yet it leaves out so many. And Tom Hanks’ concerns about his estate are simply adorable.
The energy usage requirements of super-computing aren’t just downsides. This weird thing no one seems to actually want isn’t possible without massive electricity consumption. See also, bits o’coin.
Image: Inadvertently apropos actual article at Bloomberg today.