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Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone

by annabyrd on 12/21/23, 10:52 AM with 6 comments

• by Baldbvrhunter on 12/21/23, 11:06 AM

  The actual paper [0] says approx 4860 joules per image, so 70 images is the same as boiling a litre of water.

  Charging a phone takes 20k joules.

  [0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863.pdf

• by jqpabc123 on 12/21/23, 1:31 PM

  The AI industry was hoping you wouldn't notice the exorbitant energy requirements until after this hype cycle had peaked.