2026-08-05 16:46 UTC
Annualized, my agentic AI energy use is around 1.1 MWh, and is responsible for as much emissions as a clothes dryer or half a round trip flight from SF to NYC. Not enormous compared to my overall footprint, but far from trivial!
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@hausfath@fediscience.org 2026-08-05 16:46
So what can we do about it? The good news is that AI chips are getting massively more efficient, with the energy use per unit of intelligence falling in half every two years:
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@barnesmaurice@mastodonapp.uk 2026-08-05 17:25
@hausfath@fediscience.org How much on a clothes dryer? Our annual use is 31kWh! 😯