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One five-second AI video uses as much power as an hour of microwaving
Original: LLM cost of Energy One 5-second AI clip burns more power than an hour of microwaving. MIT Technology Review did the math
MIT Technology Review has calculated the energy cost of generative AI, finding that producing a single five-second AI video consumes about 3.4 million joules of electricity — roughly as much as running a microwave oven for an hour. The figures are renewing debate about the environmental footprint of AI video generation and the growing power demands of large-scale AI systems.
Why now: New concrete numbers on AI's energy use are prompting fresh concern about the environmental cost of generative video.
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- LLM cost of Energy One 5-second AI clip burns more power than an hour of microwaving. MIT Technology Review did the math on AI and energy. Making one five-second AI video took about 3.4 million joules of electricity. One 5-second AI video uses about as much power as running a… · Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · 25
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