#frugalcomputing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #frugalcomputing, aggregated by home.social.
-
The model takes into account the trends in embodied carbon (in fact, that is the main contribution of the research) and in global carbon intensity of electricity generation. For the latter I am assume we stay on trend, although it is conceivable that the energy hunger of AI would slow down the decarbonisation of energy production.
#FrugalComputing
(5/n=5) -
The model takes into account the trends in embodied carbon (in fact, that is the main contribution of the research) and in global carbon intensity of electricity generation. For the latter I am assume we stay on trend, although it is conceivable that the energy hunger of AI would slow down the decarbonisation of energy production.
#FrugalComputing
(5/n=5) -
The model takes into account the trends in embodied carbon (in fact, that is the main contribution of the research) and in global carbon intensity of electricity generation. For the latter I am assume we stay on trend, although it is conceivable that the energy hunger of AI would slow down the decarbonisation of energy production.
#FrugalComputing
(5/n=5) -
The model takes into account the trends in embodied carbon (in fact, that is the main contribution of the research) and in global carbon intensity of electricity generation. For the latter I am assume we stay on trend, although it is conceivable that the energy hunger of AI would slow down the decarbonisation of energy production.
#FrugalComputing
(5/n=5) -
I have also looked at the IEA scenarios. They use a bounded growth model, and their projections are only until 2035. But even with that model, in the worst case we'd see emissions of more that 1 GtCO2e/y (about 10% of the global carbon budget) purely from AI.
#FrugalComputing
(4/n) -
I have also looked at the IEA scenarios. They use a bounded growth model, and their projections are only until 2035. But even with that model, in the worst case we'd see emissions of more that 1 GtCO2e/y (about 10% of the global carbon budget) purely from AI.
#FrugalComputing
(4/n) -
I have also looked at the IEA scenarios. They use a bounded growth model, and their projections are only until 2035. But even with that model, in the worst case we'd see emissions of more that 1 GtCO2e/y (about 10% of the global carbon budget) purely from AI.
#FrugalComputing
(4/n) -
I have also looked at the IEA scenarios. They use a bounded growth model, and their projections are only until 2035. But even with that model, in the worst case we'd see emissions of more that 1 GtCO2e/y (about 10% of the global carbon budget) purely from AI.
#FrugalComputing
(4/n) -
The graph shows an extension of the McKinsey high-growth scenario until 2045. This is exponential growth, 10x in 10 years, 100x in 20 years.
Note that Michael Dell said we'd need 100x in 10 years, and Altman said something similar about growth in AI servers.
So if the expectations of the AI industry would be realised, by 20245 AI alone would cause more emissions than the entire global carbon budget.
#FrugalComputing
(3/n) -
The graph shows an extension of the McKinsey high-growth scenario until 2045. This is exponential growth, 10x in 10 years, 100x in 20 years.
Note that Michael Dell said we'd need 100x in 10 years, and Altman said something similar about growth in AI servers.
So if the expectations of the AI industry would be realised, by 20245 AI alone would cause more emissions than the entire global carbon budget.
#FrugalComputing
(3/n) -
The graph shows an extension of the McKinsey high-growth scenario until 2045. This is exponential growth, 10x in 10 years, 100x in 20 years.
Note that Michael Dell said we'd need 100x in 10 years, and Altman said something similar about growth in AI servers.
So if the expectations of the AI industry would be realised, by 20245 AI alone would cause more emissions than the entire global carbon budget.
#FrugalComputing
(3/n) -
The graph shows an extension of the McKinsey high-growth scenario until 2045. This is exponential growth, 10x in 10 years, 100x in 20 years.
Note that Michael Dell said we'd need 100x in 10 years, and Altman said something similar about growth in AI servers.
So if the expectations of the AI industry would be realised, by 20245 AI alone would cause more emissions than the entire global carbon budget.
#FrugalComputing
(3/n) -
The aim of the paper is to model the emissions ensuing from the growth scenarios put forward by the IEA, McKinsey and the AI industry. We created a very detailed model for this. Here is a sneak preview of one of the graphs in the paper.
(2/n)
-
The aim of the paper is to model the emissions ensuing from the growth scenarios put forward by the IEA, McKinsey and the AI industry. We created a very detailed model for this. Here is a sneak preview of one of the graphs in the paper.
(2/n)
-
The aim of the paper is to model the emissions ensuing from the growth scenarios put forward by the IEA, McKinsey and the AI industry. We created a very detailed model for this. Here is a sneak preview of one of the graphs in the paper.
(2/n)
-
The aim of the paper is to model the emissions ensuing from the growth scenarios put forward by the IEA, McKinsey and the AI industry. We created a very detailed model for this. Here is a sneak preview of one of the graphs in the paper.
(2/n)
-
I put in a paper for #loco2026 (deadline 29 May EOA)
"Estimating the growth in emissions from AI data centres"
https://lancaster-university.github.io/loco2026/
(1/n)
-
I put in a paper for #loco2026 (deadline 29 May EOA)
"Estimating the growth in emissions from AI data centres"
https://lancaster-university.github.io/loco2026/
(1/n)
-
I put in a paper for #loco2026 (deadline 29 May EOA)
"Estimating the growth in emissions from AI data centres"
https://lancaster-university.github.io/loco2026/
(1/n)
-
I put in a paper for #loco2026 (deadline 29 May EOA)
"Estimating the growth in emissions from AI data centres"
https://lancaster-university.github.io/loco2026/
(1/n)
-
Hello!
I'm Taylor and I'm a philosophy PhD student transitioning out of academia into who knows what. But I know if I stop reading and writing I get restless, so I want to continue doing that here and on my website.
In #philosophy, I'm into Continental philosophy, Post-Kantianism, history of philosophy, aesthetics, language/semiotics, and classical rhetoric.
I also enjoy #cinema (esp. art films, horror, old Hollywood) and music. I make syllabi of movies and albums to watch/listen through chronologically.
I have no professional background in tech, but my logic brain can pick up on tech stuff pretty quick. I like #Linux, #SelfHosting, #FrugalComputing, and probably more things I haven't discovered yet!
Looking to make friends with other people into #philosophy, #movies, or #tech 👋
-
Hello!
I'm Taylor and I'm a philosophy PhD student transitioning out of academia into who knows what. But I know if I stop reading and writing I get restless, so I want to continue doing that here and on my website.
In #philosophy, I'm into Continental philosophy, Post-Kantianism, history of philosophy, aesthetics, language/semiotics, and classical rhetoric.
I also enjoy #cinema (esp. art films, horror, old Hollywood) and music. I make syllabi of movies and albums to watch/listen through chronologically.
I have no professional background in tech, but my logic brain can pick up on tech stuff pretty quick. I like #Linux, #SelfHosting, #FrugalComputing, and probably more things I haven't discovered yet!
Looking to make friends with other people into #philosophy, #movies, or #tech 👋
-
Hello!
I'm Taylor and I'm a philosophy PhD student transitioning out of academia into who knows what. But I know if I stop reading and writing I get restless, so I want to continue doing that here and on my website.
In #philosophy, I'm into Continental philosophy, Post-Kantianism, history of philosophy, aesthetics, language/semiotics, and classical rhetoric.
I also enjoy #cinema (esp. art films, horror, old Hollywood) and music. I make syllabi of movies and albums to watch/listen through chronologically.
I have no professional background in tech, but my logic brain can pick up on tech stuff pretty quick. I like #Linux, #SelfHosting, #FrugalComputing, and probably more things I haven't discovered yet!
Looking to make friends with other people into #philosophy, #movies, or #tech 👋
-
Hello!
I'm Taylor and I'm a philosophy PhD student transitioning out of academia into who knows what. But I know if I stop reading and writing I get restless, so I want to continue doing that here and on my website.
In #philosophy, I'm into Continental philosophy, Post-Kantianism, history of philosophy, aesthetics, language/semiotics, and classical rhetoric.
I also enjoy #cinema (esp. art films, horror, old Hollywood) and music. I make syllabi of movies and albums to watch/listen through chronologically.
I have no professional background in tech, but my logic brain can pick up on tech stuff pretty quick. I like #Linux, #SelfHosting, #FrugalComputing, and probably more things I haven't discovered yet!
Looking to make friends with other people into #philosophy, #movies, or #tech 👋
-
Hello!
I'm Taylor and I'm a philosophy PhD student transitioning out of academia into who knows what. But I know if I stop reading and writing I get restless, so I want to continue doing that here and on my website.
In #philosophy, I'm into Continental philosophy, Post-Kantianism, history of philosophy, aesthetics, language/semiotics, and classical rhetoric.
I also enjoy #cinema (esp. art films, horror, old Hollywood) and music. I make syllabi of movies and albums to watch/listen through chronologically.
I have no professional background in tech, but my logic brain can pick up on tech stuff pretty quick. I like #Linux, #SelfHosting, #FrugalComputing, and probably more things I haven't discovered yet!
Looking to make friends with other people into #philosophy, #movies, or #tech 👋
-
@lisrosello
Also check out #frugalcomputing, which I learned about on a fediconference by @wim_v12e and which is the seed for "frugal modelling". -
@lisrosello
Also check out #frugalcomputing, which I learned about on a fediconference by @wim_v12e and which is the seed for "frugal modelling". -
@lisrosello
Also check out #frugalcomputing, which I learned about on a fediconference by @wim_v12e and which is the seed for "frugal modelling". -
Jevons's analysis is very readable
"It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jevons-the-coal-question#lf0546_label_100
-
Jevons's analysis is very readable
"It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jevons-the-coal-question#lf0546_label_100
-
Jevons's analysis is very readable
"It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jevons-the-coal-question#lf0546_label_100
-
Jevons's analysis is very readable
"It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jevons-the-coal-question#lf0546_label_100
-
By 2040, it is expected to be 6 GW, which is more than the capacity of that solar farm and also about 30% of the UAE’s total projected electricity demand.
To my mind this illustrates well the difference between "green" computing and frugal computing.
(3/3)
#FrugalComputing -
By 2040, it is expected to be 6 GW, which is more than the capacity of that solar farm and also about 30% of the UAE’s total projected electricity demand.
To my mind this illustrates well the difference between "green" computing and frugal computing.
(3/3)
#FrugalComputing -
By 2040, it is expected to be 6 GW, which is more than the capacity of that solar farm and also about 30% of the UAE’s total projected electricity demand.
To my mind this illustrates well the difference between "green" computing and frugal computing.
(3/3)
#FrugalComputing -
By 2040, it is expected to be 6 GW, which is more than the capacity of that solar farm and also about 30% of the UAE’s total projected electricity demand.
To my mind this illustrates well the difference between "green" computing and frugal computing.
(3/3)
#FrugalComputing -
The picture is indeed of part of the Shuaa Energy 3 PV installation near Dubai, currently at 900 MW capacity. The Solar Park aims to have a production capacity of approximately 5 GW upon completion by 2030.
By 2029, the UAE’s data centre capacity is expected to be around 1 GW.
Which means that its data centres would consume about 20% of the electricity generated by this solar park. This 6% of the UAE’s total electricity demand.
(2/3)
#FrugalComputing -
The picture is indeed of part of the Shuaa Energy 3 PV installation near Dubai, currently at 900 MW capacity. The Solar Park aims to have a production capacity of approximately 5 GW upon completion by 2030.
By 2029, the UAE’s data centre capacity is expected to be around 1 GW.
Which means that its data centres would consume about 20% of the electricity generated by this solar park. This 6% of the UAE’s total electricity demand.
(2/3)
#FrugalComputing -
The picture is indeed of part of the Shuaa Energy 3 PV installation near Dubai, currently at 900 MW capacity. The Solar Park aims to have a production capacity of approximately 5 GW upon completion by 2030.
By 2029, the UAE’s data centre capacity is expected to be around 1 GW.
Which means that its data centres would consume about 20% of the electricity generated by this solar park. This 6% of the UAE’s total electricity demand.
(2/3)
#FrugalComputing -
The picture is indeed of part of the Shuaa Energy 3 PV installation near Dubai, currently at 900 MW capacity. The Solar Park aims to have a production capacity of approximately 5 GW upon completion by 2030.
By 2029, the UAE’s data centre capacity is expected to be around 1 GW.
Which means that its data centres would consume about 20% of the electricity generated by this solar park. This 6% of the UAE’s total electricity demand.
(2/3)
#FrugalComputing -
This caught my eye:
https://mastodon.social/@Divorytaur/116509378195121356
OP posted a satellite image on X of what they claimed to be a 100 MW data centre in the UAE with its own solar array of 10 square kilometers.
Somebody reposted this on fedi and a commenter pointed out that the pic is not of a data centre but part of a much larger installation, and that the circled building is the substation. On X, another commenter pointed out the same.
(1/3)
#FrugalComputing -
This caught my eye:
https://mastodon.social/@Divorytaur/116509378195121356
OP posted a satellite image on X of what they claimed to be a 100 MW data centre in the UAE with its own solar array of 10 square kilometers.
Somebody reposted this on fedi and a commenter pointed out that the pic is not of a data centre but part of a much larger installation, and that the circled building is the substation. On X, another commenter pointed out the same.
(1/3)
#FrugalComputing -
This caught my eye:
https://mastodon.social/@Divorytaur/116509378195121356
OP posted a satellite image on X of what they claimed to be a 100 MW data centre in the UAE with its own solar array of 10 square kilometers.
Somebody reposted this on fedi and a commenter pointed out that the pic is not of a data centre but part of a much larger installation, and that the circled building is the substation. On X, another commenter pointed out the same.
(1/3)
#FrugalComputing -
This caught my eye:
https://mastodon.social/@Divorytaur/116509378195121356
OP posted a satellite image on X of what they claimed to be a 100 MW data centre in the UAE with its own solar array of 10 square kilometers.
Somebody reposted this on fedi and a commenter pointed out that the pic is not of a data centre but part of a much larger installation, and that the circled building is the substation. On X, another commenter pointed out the same.
(1/3)
#FrugalComputing -
But it was the improved energy efficiency of computation that kickstarted the whole AI hype which got us into this situation: GPUs made the kind of massively data-parallel computations needed for "AI" training and inference cost effective by doing it more energy efficiently.
If the energy cost of computation had remained high, #genAI would never have been viable.
(2/2)
#FrugalComputing -
But it was the improved energy efficiency of computation that kickstarted the whole AI hype which got us into this situation: GPUs made the kind of massively data-parallel computations needed for "AI" training and inference cost effective by doing it more energy efficiently.
If the energy cost of computation had remained high, #genAI would never have been viable.
(2/2)
#FrugalComputing -
But it was the improved energy efficiency of computation that kickstarted the whole AI hype which got us into this situation: GPUs made the kind of massively data-parallel computations needed for "AI" training and inference cost effective by doing it more energy efficiently.
If the energy cost of computation had remained high, #genAI would never have been viable.
(2/2)
#FrugalComputing -
But it was the improved energy efficiency of computation that kickstarted the whole AI hype which got us into this situation: GPUs made the kind of massively data-parallel computations needed for "AI" training and inference cost effective by doing it more energy efficiently.
If the energy cost of computation had remained high, #genAI would never have been viable.
(2/2)
#FrugalComputing -
Companies like Cerebras, SambaNova and Groq like to claim that the improved energy efficiency of inference using their hardware is the answer to the growing energy consumptio n and resulting emissions from AI data centres ("Green AI").
(1/2) -
Companies like Cerebras, SambaNova and Groq like to claim that the improved energy efficiency of inference using their hardware is the answer to the growing energy consumptio n and resulting emissions from AI data centres ("Green AI").
(1/2)