The rising energy and environmental cost of the artificial-intelligence boom is fuelling concern. Green policy mechanisms that already exist offer a path towards a solution.
Lightbulbs are hardware, LLMs are software. Which is not to say software can’t have energy ratings, it’s just a disingenuous comparison. Does your word processor have an energy rating?
Lightbulbs are hardware, LLMs are software. Which is not to say software can’t have energy ratings, it’s just a disingenuous comparison. Does your word processor have an energy rating?