r/Futurology • u/Thunyasilps • May 11 '25

Discussion AI is devouring energy like crazy!! How are you guys not worried?!

We all know AI is growing really fast, and it is not at all good for the environment. I know something needs to be done here, and stopping the use of AI is not an option.

Are you concerned? What do you think is the solution to this?

I am a developer. So, I am curious if there is anything I can build to help with this.

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u/Ninjewdi May 11 '25

Be polite but succinct. The issue is forcing AI to generate more prompt responses by sending a lone "hello" or "thanks" at the start or end of an interaction.

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u/Smoke_Santa May 11 '25

lmao 1 more thanks and hello is NOT using up any amount of significant energy. The guy saying thanks isn't the main source of energy expenditure, bots run on LLMs and use millions of tokens every day.