People like to pretend that AGI isn't going to cost money to run. The power budget alone is something no one is contemplating.
Technology doesn't accelerate endlessly. Only our transistor spacing does. These two are not the same thing.
Technology doesn't accelerate endlessly. Only our transistor spacing does. These two are not the same thing.
It is very hard to find a discussion about the growth and development of AI that doesn't discuss the issues around power budget.
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/whit...
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/president...
In building domestic AI infrastructure, our Nation will also advance its leadership in the clean energy technologies needed to power the future economy, including geothermal, solar, wind, and nuclear energy; foster a vibrant, competitive, and open technology ecosystem in the United States, in which small companies can compete alongside large ones; maintain low consumer electricity prices; and help ensure that the development of AI infrastructure benefits the workers building it and communities near it.
Exponential increases in cost (and power) for next-level AI and exponential decreases for the cost (and power) of current level AI.